Concentration of Pollutants and their Toxic Impact in the Residents of Firozabad City: India
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Real time monitoring; PM concentration; Correlation in Pollutants; Health Risk AssessmentAbstract
To learn about the toxicity of size-segregated particulate matter (PM) in human respiratory tracts, sensors in the glass industrial city of Firozabad monitored the mass and number of PM in real-time. The mean PM2.5 and PM10 concentrations were 40.89 and 68.15 µg/m³, respectively. The average concentration of PM10 was 1.65 times higher from the PM2.5. PM2.5 concentration in winter, summer and monsoon season at Firozabad city was observed as 50.44 µg/m³, 33.91 µg/m³, and 38.33 µg/m³, while PM10 was 65.26 µg/m³, 73.51 µg/m³, and 65.69 µg/m3. NOₓ concentration was highest during the winter season 23.27 ppb. Ozone concentration was observed highest in winter season (23.94). From the correlation analysis it was found that PM2.5 showed strong correlation with the NOx (0.828) followed by Ozone (0.708) and Rh (0.759) while PM10 showed strong correlation with WS (0.994), followed by WD (0.980). Acute exposure to PM10 at industrial sites in Firozabad may cause health concerns in a vulnerable population, according to this study's findings. The exposure levels of children at the Firozabad sampling location were 122.1×10-1 and 4.30×10-1, respectively, for adults and children. All of the readings were higher above the safe limit, which is ELCR≥10-6.
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