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Atmospheric pollution derives mainly from anthropogenic activities that use combustion and may lead to adverse effects in exposed populations. It is generally accepted that air contamination causes cardiovascular and pulmonary morbidity in addition to increased mortality after exposure, but other epidemiological associations have also been described, including cancer as well as reproductive and immunological toxicity. Thus the concentration of chemicals in the air must be controlled. We propose that monitoring of air quality may be achieved by employing data analytics to generate information within the context of data-driven decision making to prevent and/or adequately alert the population about possible critical episodes of air contamination. In this paper, we propose a methodology for monitoring particulate matter pollution in Santiago of Chile which is based on bivariate control charts with heavy-tailed asymmetric distributions. This methodology is useful for monitoring environmental risk when the particulate matter concentrations follow bivariate Birnbaum-Saunders or Birnbaum-Saunders-t-Student distributions. A case study with real particulate matter pollution from Santiago is provided, which shows that the methodology is suitable to alert early episodes of extreme air pollution. The results are in agreement with the critical episodes reported with the current model used by the Chilean health authority.
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The research of C. Marchant was partially supported by UCM 434220 grant from the Dirección de Investigación of the Universidad Católica del Maule, Chile. The research of V. Leiva was partially supported by grant “Fondecyt 1160868” from the National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research of the Chilean government. The research of F. Rojas was partially supported by grant “Fondecyt Iniciación 11190004” from the National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research of the Chilean government.
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Cavieres, M.F., Leiva, V., Marchant, C., Rojas, F. (2020). A Methodology for Data-Driven Decision-Making in the Monitoring of Particulate Matter Environmental Contamination in Santiago of Chile. In: de Voogt, P. (eds) Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology Volume 250. Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, vol 250. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/398_2020_41
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