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Editor, Senior Moderator
Environ Res. 2020 May 13:109652. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2020.109652. [Epub ahead of print]
Correlation between environmental pollution indicators and COVID-19 pandemic: A brief study in Californian context.
Bashir MF, Bilal BM, Komal B.
Abstract
In December 2019, the novel coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak was first detected in Wuhan Hubei province, China. In California on April 24, 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions (CDC) has confirmed more than 39,000 cases, including >1800 deaths. California's Governor Gavin Newsom ordered mandatory stay at home after World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 as a global pandemic in early March. We have evaluated the correlation between environmental pollution determinants and the COVID-19 outbreak in California by using the secondary published data from the Centers for Disease Control and the Environmental Pollution Agency (EPA). We employed Spearman and Kendall correlation tests to analyze the association of PM 2.5, PM 10, SO[SUB]2[/SUB], NO[SUB]2[/SUB], Pb, VOC, and CO with COVID-19 cases in California. Our findings indicate that environmental pollutants such as PM10, PM2.5, SO[SUB]2[/SUB], NO[SUB]2,[/SUB] and CO have a significant correlation with the COVID-19 epidemic in California. Overall, our study is a useful supplement to encourage regulatory bodies to promote changes in environmental policies as pollution source control can reduce the harmful effects of environmental pollutants.
? 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
KEYWORDS:
COVID-19; California; Environmental Pollution; PM 10; PM 2.5
PMID:32405084PMCID:PMC7219392DOI:10.1016/j.envres.2020.109652
Correlation between environmental pollution indicators and COVID-19 pandemic: A brief study in Californian context.
Bashir MF, Bilal BM, Komal B.
Abstract
In December 2019, the novel coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak was first detected in Wuhan Hubei province, China. In California on April 24, 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions (CDC) has confirmed more than 39,000 cases, including >1800 deaths. California's Governor Gavin Newsom ordered mandatory stay at home after World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 as a global pandemic in early March. We have evaluated the correlation between environmental pollution determinants and the COVID-19 outbreak in California by using the secondary published data from the Centers for Disease Control and the Environmental Pollution Agency (EPA). We employed Spearman and Kendall correlation tests to analyze the association of PM 2.5, PM 10, SO[SUB]2[/SUB], NO[SUB]2[/SUB], Pb, VOC, and CO with COVID-19 cases in California. Our findings indicate that environmental pollutants such as PM10, PM2.5, SO[SUB]2[/SUB], NO[SUB]2,[/SUB] and CO have a significant correlation with the COVID-19 epidemic in California. Overall, our study is a useful supplement to encourage regulatory bodies to promote changes in environmental policies as pollution source control can reduce the harmful effects of environmental pollutants.
? 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
KEYWORDS:
COVID-19; California; Environmental Pollution; PM 10; PM 2.5
PMID:32405084PMCID:PMC7219392DOI:10.1016/j.envres.2020.109652