Atmospheric pollution and its countermeasure in East Asia from the viewpoint of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Abstract

The East Asia countries including Japan, China, Korea and Russia have been undergoing a rapid increase of economic and industrial development. However, large amounts of pollutants are released into the air and water. The main energy source, economic stage and lifestale are different in the above four countries and these differences cause the current diverse situation of atmospheric and water pollution in East Asia. This view describes the present stage of atmospheric pollution and countermeasures in East Asia including the author's recent research results concerning polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and nitropolycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. ©2009 The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan.