Are PM2.5 in the Atmosphere of a Small City a Threat for Health?
| Autor: | Varvara Pantelidou, Spyridon Rapsomanikis, Zoi Panagiota Kryona, Glykeria Loupa |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
Geography Planning and Development TJ807-830 Management Monitoring Policy and Law Mineral dust TD194-195 Renewable energy sources Atmosphere Environmental protection medicine GE1-350 Air quality index Pollutant particulate matter Small city Environmental effects of industries and plants Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment seasonality elemental analysis source apportionment Particulates Seasonality medicine.disease small cities air quality Environmental sciences monitoring Environmental science |
| Zdroj: | Sustainability, Vol 13, Iss 11329, p 11329 (2021) Sustainability Volume 13 Issue 20 |
| ISSN: | 2071-1050 |
| Popis: | A number of time series from two local PM2.5 monitoring stations were analyzed, for a small city, in North East Greece. They coincided with SARS-CoV-2 pandemic lockdowns and lifting restrictions. The aim of this analysis was to establish concentration exceedances and roughly apportion sources of the PM2.5 concentration problem. This was established by analyzing 24-h filter samples of trace elements using WD-XRF. It was found that the restrictions and their lifting did not significantly affect these concentrations. The main problems were assigned to emissions from biomass burning central heating and Saharan dust episodes. The study results indicate that even in small cities the air quality as far as PM2.5 is concerned can still be deleterious to the local population according to the WHO restricting levels but not according to the EU levels. The fact that PM2.5 is not a single chemical pollutant makes matters more complicated and renders such concentration upper levels, of little significance. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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