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The inaugural set of studies focused on potential exposures to air emissions, water quality changes, and noise from oil and gas operations in the US.
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Assessment of Changes in Air Quality in Indian Cities Since the Launch of the National Clean Air Programme

Health Effects Institute
2025
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Air Pollution

HEI has published a new report “Assessment of Changes in Air Quality in Indian Cities Since the Launch of the National Clean Air Programme.” The report evaluates trends for particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5) across NCAP cities since the launch of the program.
 

Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Selected Health Effects of Long-Term Exposure to Traffic-Related Air Pollution

Health Effects Institute
2022
Special Report 23
Air Pollution
Traffic-related

This comprehensive scientific review examines the evidence for associations between several adverse health effects and traffic-related air pollution (TRAP). The review, the largest of its type to date, was conducted by a panel of 13 renowned experts who evaluated 353 published scientific reports on traffic pollution and related health effects between 1980 and 2019.

How Do Household Energy Interventions Work?

Jill Baumgartner
Sam Harper
Chris Barrington-Leigh
Collin Brehmer
Ellison M. Carter
Xiaoying Li
et al.
2025
Research Report 235
Air Pollution
Particulate Matter
Accountability
Global Health

This report presents an accountability study led by Jill Baumgartner and Sam Harper at McGill University. Baumgartner, Harper, and colleagues evaluated the effects on air quality and health of a clean heating policy that stipulated and subsidized the conversion of household heating from coal to electric heaters in Beijing region villages.

Robust Statistical Approaches to Understanding the Causal Effect of Air Pollution Mixtures

Joseph Antonelli
Heejun Shin
Suyeon Kang
Alexander Franks
Michelle Audirac
Danielle Braun
2025
Research Report 234
Air Pollution
Multipollutant Mixtures
Particulate Matter
Statistical Methods

This report presents a study led by Joseph Antonelli at the University of Florida. Antonelli and colleagues describe several new approaches to support causal inference, focusing on exposure to multiple pollutants, addressing bias resulting from confounding, and enhancing exposure assessment by incorporating people’s mobility patterns.

Measuring and Modeling Air Pollution and Noise Exposure Near Unconventional Oil and Gas Development

Jeffrey L. Collett Jr.
Da Pan
Lisa McKenzie
Dan Zimmerle
Weixin Zhang
Yong Zhou
et al.
2025
Research Report 232
Air Toxics
Energy
Noise

This report presents a study led by Jeffrey L. Collett Jr. at Colorado State University. Collett and colleagues measured hazardous air pollutants, other air pollutants, and noise associated with unconventional oil and gas development in the Denver-Julesburg Basin of Colorado over a 2-year period from October 2022 to August 2024.

Assessing Source Contributions to Air Quality and Noise in Unconventional Oil Shale Plays

Meredith Franklin
Gunnar Schade
Detlev Helmig
Lara Cushing
Jill Johnston
2025
Research Report 231
Air Toxics
Carbon Monoxide
Nitrogen Oxides
Multipollutant Mixtures
Ozone & Oxidants
Particulate Matter
Energy
Noise

This report presents a study led by Meredith Franklin at the University of Toronto. Franklin and colleagues measured air pollutants such as ozone and volatile organic compounds; greenhouse gas emissions such as methane, carbon dioxide, and nitrous oxide; airborne radioactivity; and noise associated with UOGD activities in two shale production basins during a yearlong study period.

Hydrocarbon Extraction and Risk to Groundwater in Pennsylvania: Part 1. Using Geoscientific Analysis and Community Engagement to Analyze Exposures to Potential Groundwater Contamination Related to Hydrocarbon Extraction in Southwestern Pennsylvania

Jennifer Baka
Susan L. Brantley
Tao Wen
Lingzhou Xue
Samuel Shaheen
Owen Harrington
2025
Research Report 233
Energy
Exposure Methods
Statistical Methods
Water Quality

This report presents a study led by co-principal investigators Jennifer Baka, Susan L. Brantley, and Lingzhou Xue at The Pennsylvania State University. Baka and colleagues examined the effects of unconventional oil and gas development on groundwater in regions with long histories of energy development.

REACH-OUT: Race, Ethnicity, and Air Pollution in COVID-19 Hospitalization OUTcomes

Jeanette Stingone
Stephanie Lovinsky-Desir
Sneha Kannoth
Mehr Shafiq
Cong Zhang
Sandra Albrecht
et al.
2025
Research Report 230
Air Pollution
Nitrogen Oxides
Ozone & Oxidants
Particulate Matter

This report presents a study led by Jeanette A. Stingone at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. Stingone and colleagues evaluated whether associations between long-term air pollution exposures and severe COVID-19 health outcomes varied by New York City neighborhoods that differed in environmental vulnerability, as defined by social and structural characteristics.

Accounting for Mobility in Air Pollution Exposure Estimates in Studies on Long-Term Health Effects

Kees de Hoogh
Benjamin Flückiger
Nicole Probst-Hensch
Danielle Vienneau
Ayoung Jeong
Medea Imboden
et al.
2025
Research Report 229
Air Pollution
Nitrogen Oxides
Particulate Matter
Traffic-related
Exposure Methods

This report presents a study led by Kees de Hoogh at the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute. de Hoogh and colleagues evaluated whether long-term exposure estimates that account for people’s mobility would improve exposure assessment, using novel agent-based modeling.

Optimizing Air Pollution Exposure Assessment with Application to Cognitive Function

Lianne Sheppard
Magali Blanco
Annie Doubleday
Adam Szpiro
Jianzhao Bi
Christopher Zuidema
et al.
2025
Research Report 228
Air Pollution
Nitrogen Oxides
Particulate Matter
Traffic-related
Exposure Methods
Statistical Methods

This report presents a study led by Lianne Sheppard at the University of Washington. Sheppard and colleagues compared the performance of different exposure assessment study design features on long-term exposure and health estimates in Seattle, Washington.