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PM 10 1 day 50 μg/m 3: 1 year 25 μg/m 3: PM 2.5 ... 2 5 160 100 35 100 150 500 80 200 150 4 10 ... Japan uses a different scale to measure the air quality index. CAI
Worldwide, PM 10 concentrations of 70 μg/m 3 and PM 2.5 concentrations of 35 μg/m 3 have been shown to increase long-term mortality by 15%. [29] More so, approximately 4.2 million of all premature deaths observed in 2016 occurred due to airborne particulate pollution, 91% of which occurred in countries with low to middle socioeconomic status.
Maternal PM 2.5 exposure during pregnancy is also associated with high blood pressure in children. [219] Inhalation of PM 2.5 – PM 10 is associated with elevated risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes, such as low birth weight. [220] Exposure to PM 2.5 has been associated with greater reductions in birth weight than exposure to PM 10. [221]
SO 2, NO 2 and PM 10 concentration are measured as average per day. CO and O 3 are more harmful and are measured as average per hour. The final AQI value is calculated per day. The scale for each pollutant is non-linear, as is the final AQI score. Thus an AQI of 100 does not mean twice the pollution of AQI at 50, nor does it mean twice as harmful.
During haze episodes, PM 2.5 is the most significant pollutant. [8] The PSI is reported as a number on a scale of 0 to 500. The index figures enable the public to determine whether the air pollution levels in a particular location are good, unhealthy, hazardous or worse.
An alternative measurement for particulates, particle number, expresses the concentration in terms of the number of particles per volume of air instead, which can be a more meaningful way of assessing the health harms of highly toxic ultrafine particles (PM 0.1, less than 0.1 μm in diameter).
The Air Quality Health Index (AQHI) is a scale designed in Canada to help understand the impact of air quality on health. It is a health protection tool used to make decisions to reduce short-term exposure to air pollution by adjusting activity levels during increased levels of air pollution.
PM can be different sizes, such as PM 2.5 which are tiny particles of 2.5 microns in width or smaller, compared with PM 10 which are classified as 10 microns in diameter or less. A study in California found that increased exposure to PM 2.5 led to decreased sperm motility and increased abnormal morphology.