The Burden of Disease of Air Pollution: New

Challenges for the Region of the Americas  

Special Program on Sustainable Development and Health Equity (SDE - PAHO/WHO) and the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP)

25 March 2014

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Luiz Augusto GalvãoSDE, PAHO/WHO

Maria P. Neira,WHO

Mara Angélica Murillo CorreaUNEP - LAC

Paulo ArtaxoUSP, Brazil

Horacio Riojas-RodríguezINS, Mexico

PM10 and PM2.5 standards in some countries in the Americas and the

WHO Air Quality Guidelines

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PM10(µg/m³) PM2.5(µg/m³)

24hr Yearly 24hr Yearly

WHO* 50 20 25 10EPA-US 150 NA 35 15México* 120 50 65 15Buenos Aires* 150 50 65 15Bolivia* 150 50

Brazil* 150 50

Chile* 150 50

Colombia 150 70 65 15Ecuador* 150 50 65 15Perú* 150 50 65 15

PM10 in selected cities in the Americas

Source: PAHO/WHO. The Environment and Human Security. In Chapter III, Health in the Americas, 2012

% Population using solid fuels, 1990-2010

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Source: elaborated from data provided by Bonjour S et al., 2013

% S

FU

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Countries with highest percentage of population with ,SFU in 1990 in Latin America and the Caribbean, trends 1990-2010

% SFU in HAI, GUT & PAR has not been modified between 1990 and 2010

Source: elaborated from data provided by Bonjour S et al., 2013

Countries > 50% de SFU in 1990:Trends 1990-2010

Agnes Soares da Silva, MD, MPHRegional Advisor, Environmental Epidemiology

SDE, OPS/OMSsoaresag@paho.org

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