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==PILTTI - Health risks from nearby sources of fine particulate matter: domestic combustion and road traffic==

 

==Research team at KTL== 
*Jouni Tuomisto, D.Med.Sc, docent
*Juha Pekkanen D.Med.Sc, prof.
*Marko Tainio, M.Sc.

 

==Funding period== 
*Years 2006-2008.

 

==Funding== 
*Finnish Environment Institute, Environmental Cluster Programme (years 2006-2009).

 

==Finnish collaboration== 
*Finnish Meteorological Institute FMI ( Helsinki)
*Finnish Environment Institute SYKE.

 

==Contact person== 
*Jouni Tuomisto, tel. +358-17-201305.

 

 

==Background==

The fine particles are one of the biggest environmental health problems in the developed countries. In the earlier KOPRA project (An integrated model for evaluating the emissions, atmospheric dispersion and risks caused by ambient air fine particulate matter, KOPRA, 2002-2005), funded by Ministry of the Environment and National Technology Agency (Tekes) our study group estimated fine particles and precursor gases emissions, dispersion, transformation and health effects in Finland and Europe.

 

The [[KOPRA]]-model used 5 kilometre spatial resolution. From the studies fine particle sources, the traffic and domestic combustion caused together over half of the all fine particles health effects in Finland.

 

In the PILTTI project the objective is to examine the emissions, dispersion and health effects from these two sectors in spatially finer scale (1 km spatial resolution). In the end of the project the PILTTI-model will be incorporated to KOPRA-model.

 

==Objectives==

The main objectives are:
*To study the exposure for fine particles near the traffic and domestic wood combustion emission
*To estimate exposure for fine particles by combing the results from present study with [[KOPRA]]-project exposure model
*To estimate different fine particles emissions sectors health effects
*Compare costs and benefits of different emissions reduction technologies
*To estimate the role of uncertainty in the decision making by using decision analyses tools
*To produce popular and detailed information from fine particles health effects and from the control methods for the authorities, interest groups, and public
*To produce comprehensive decision models that interest groups could used to estimate risks from fine particles and their control options
*To propagate information and gather information needs from the interest groups



==Links==
*[http://www.ymparisto.fi/default.asp?contentid=202713&lan=en Homepage]

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