Article
Air Pollutants in Puerto Rico: Carcinogenic Properties and Mechanisms
2025-08-22
Abstract excerpt
Air Pollutants pose a growing public health concern in Puerto Rico (PR), particularly from rapid industrialization, military activities, environmental changes and natural disasters. Criteria and hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) emissions from these sources include 193 chemicals— e.g., particulate matter (PM), carbon monoxide, volatile organic compounds, and heavy metals —coincide with rising respiratory disease rat...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 3596310e-7f5d-5022-8c35-784773caf693
- DOI
- 10.20944/preprints202508.1606.v1
