Background Atmospheric Levels of Aldehydes, BTEX and PM10 Pollutants in a Medium-Sized City of Southern Italy
✍ Scribed by Pasquale Iovino; Stefano Salvestrini; Sante Capasso
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 209 KB
- Volume
- 97
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0003-4592
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
Background atmospheric levels of aldehydes, BTEX and PM10 pollutants were measured in the suburb of Caserta (Italy), 75 thousands inhabitants, 41° 04' N, on rainless weekdays and weekends during 2005. On weekdays the average daily concentrations (μg m^‐3^) were 41.6 PM10, 8.6 benzene, 25.2 toluene, 6.3 ethylbenzene, 14.0 (m+p)‐xylene, 11.7 o‐xylene, 6.5 formaldehyde, 3.3 acetaldehyde. All the pollutant concentrations were strictly correlated (mean correlation coefficients = 0.90). At weekends the concentrations were lower by about 1.6 times. Both on weekdays and at weekends the PM10 and benzene levels exceeded the limits set by the EU Directive 30/1999 and 69/2000, respectively.