Air Quality Impacts at an E-Waste Site in Ghana Using Flexible, Moderate-Cost and Quality-Assured Measurements.
Air pollution
e‐waste
fires
monitoring
particulate matter
Journal
GeoHealth
ISSN: 2471-1403
Titre abrégé: Geohealth
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101706476
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Aug 2020
Aug 2020
Historique:
received:
20
03
2020
revised:
19
06
2020
accepted:
23
06
2020
entrez:
25
8
2020
pubmed:
25
8
2020
medline:
25
8
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Air quality information is scarce in low- and middle-income countries. This study describes the application of moderate cost approaches that can provide spatial and temporal information on concentrations of particulate matter (PM) needed to assess community and occupational exposures. We evaluated PM levels at the Agbogbloshie e-waste and scrap yard site in Accra, Ghana, and at upwind and downwind locations, obtaining both optical and gravimetric measurements, local meteorological data and satellite aerosol optical depth. Due to overload issues, the gravimetric 24-hr samplers were modified for periodic sampling and some optical data were screened for quality assurance. Exceptionally high concentrations (e.g., 1-hr average PM
Identifiants
pubmed: 32832821
doi: 10.1029/2020GH000247
pii: GH2178
pmc: PMC7431652
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
e2020GH000247Subventions
Organisme : NIEHS NIH HHS
ID : P30 ES017885
Pays : United States
Informations de copyright
©2020. The Authors.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare no conflicts of interest relevant to this study.
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