Air Pollution and Environmental Health

Air pollution is an alarming problem, not only in terms of air quality, but also in relation to health issues. Toxic air pollutant concentrations produce harmful impacts on plant health and human health. Further, though there are various sources of air po

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Pallavi Saxena Anju Srivastava  Editors

Air Pollution and Environmental Health

Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World Volume 20

Series Editors Eric Lichtfouse, Aix-Marseille University, CNRS, IRD, INRA, Coll France, CEREGE, Aix-en-Provence, France Jan Schwarzbauer, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany Didier Robert, CNRS, European Laboratory for Catalysis and Surface Sciences, Saint-Avold, France

More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/11480

Pallavi Saxena • Anju Srivastava Editors

Air Pollution and Environmental Health

Editors Pallavi Saxena Department of Environmental Sciences, Hindu College University of Delhi Delhi, India

Anju Srivastava Department of Chemistry, Hindu College University of Delhi Delhi, India

ISSN 2213-7114 ISSN 2213-7122 (electronic) Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World ISBN 978-981-15-3480-5 ISBN 978-981-15-3481-2 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-3481-2 © Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors, and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, expressed or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. This Springer imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. The registered company address is: 152 Beach Road, #21-01/04 Gateway East, Singapore 189721, Singapore

Contents

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Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pallavi Saxena and Anju Srivastava

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Monitoring and Assessment of Air Pollution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shani Tiwari, Bing Chen, and A. K. Singh

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Air Pollution Modeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ravi Yadav, Pujal Trivedi, L. K. Sahu, G. Beig, and Nidhi Tripathi

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Impact of Air Pollutants on Plant Metabolism and Antioxidant Machinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amarjeet Singh

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Role of Glob