Proposed city-specific interim targets for India based on WHO air quality guidelines 2021

Chandrasekharan Nair Kesavachandran; Krishna Pillai Prathish; Saurabh Sakhre; Sundaresan Vasanthi Ajay; Chirackal Muraleedharan Rahul

doi:10.1007/s11356-022-19591-3

Proposed city-specific interim targets for India based on WHO air quality guidelines 2021

Chandrasekharan Nair Kesavachandran^*
, Krishna Pillai Prathish
, Saurabh Sakhre
, Sundaresan Vasanthi Ajay
, Chirackal Muraleedharan Rahul

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The World HealthOrganization has proposed the ambient air quality guidelines 2021. Theuniqueness of the guidelines of the World Health Organization — air qualityguidelines 2021 — is the inclusion of interim targets. Higher levels of air pollutantsincluding PM_2.5 for ambient air in India were recorded in recenttimes, and its association with respiratory and cardiovascular health risks wasevidenced in the recent literature. To achieve the ambient air qualitystandards in India as per the World Health Organization — air quality guidelines,there is a need for interim targets in the future National Ambient Air QualityStandards to be proposed in India. These interim targets may be proposed fornon-attainment/attainment cities based on the PM_2.5 concentrationlevels to achieve a realistic target of recommended levels in a graded manner andthereby minimize air pollution in the specific location.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	30802-30807
Number of pages	6
Journal	Environmental Science and Pollution Research
Volume	29
Issue number	21
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-19591-3
State	Published - May 2022
Externally published	Yes

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© 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.

UN SDGs

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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

Keywords

Air quality guidelines
India
Interim targets
Non-attainment cities
PM2.5

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Environmental Chemistry
Pollution
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

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Proposed city-specific interim targets for India based on WHO air quality guidelines 2021

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