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. 2022 Aug 18;19(16):10289.
doi: 10.3390/ijerph191610289.

Particulate Matter Concentration in Selected Facilities as an Indicator of Exposure to Their Service Activities

Patrycja Rogula-Kopiec  1 , Wioletta Rogula-Kozłowska  2 , Grzegorz Majewski  3
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Particulate Matter Concentration in Selected Facilities as an Indicator of Exposure to Their Service Activities

Patrycja Rogula-Kopiec et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. .

Abstract

In recent years, the correlation between the concentration of pollutants in the atmosphere and inside buildings has been reported as high. The air inside living quarters and public utility buildings or the interiors of public transport vehicles, as well as the relationship between the internal and external sources of particulate matter (PM) and gaseous pollutants, have underwent sufficient research. On the other hand, non-production rooms, i.e., offices, restaurants, beauty salons, etc. remain very poorly recognized in this respect. For the above reasons, the aim of this work is to determine the difference in the total dust (TSP) and respirable PM (PM4) concentrations in selected rooms, i.e., offices and beauty centers, in relation to their outdoor concentrations. They were measured at six locations in accordance with the standard for the conditions at workplaces by means of PM aspirators. Indoor concentrations of TSP and PM4 were much higher than those in the external surroundings of the facilities. There were no significant relationships between the TSP and PM4 concentrations inside and outside tested rooms. Although the characteristic of the internal PM essentially depends on the characteristics of the external PM migrating to the interior of the premises, considering some types of non-production premises, internal emissions fundamentally changed the characteristics of PM.

Keywords: air pollution; indoor air; particulate matter.

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Figure 1
Location of the selected service facilities in the enlarged map of Bytom with a map of Poland.
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Figure 2
The 8 h course of TSP and PM4 concentrations inside and outside of the six studied objects in Bytom, in the period from 26 September 2016 to 31 October 2016. (A,C,E,G,I,K) show the 8-h concentrations of TSP in restaurant kitchen, printing house, beauty salon no. 1, beauty salon no.2, beauty salon no. 3 and beauty salon no. 4, respectively and in their outdoor background (atmospheric air). (B,D,F,H,J,L) show the 8-h concentrations of PM4 in restaurant kitchen, printing house, beauty salon no. 1, beauty salon no. 2, beauty salon no. 3 and beauty salon no. 4, respectively and in their outdoor background (atmospheric air).
Figure 2
Figure 2
The 8 h course of TSP and PM4 concentrations inside and outside of the six studied objects in Bytom, in the period from 26 September 2016 to 31 October 2016. (A,C,E,G,I,K) show the 8-h concentrations of TSP in restaurant kitchen, printing house, beauty salon no. 1, beauty salon no.2, beauty salon no. 3 and beauty salon no. 4, respectively and in their outdoor background (atmospheric air). (B,D,F,H,J,L) show the 8-h concentrations of PM4 in restaurant kitchen, printing house, beauty salon no. 1, beauty salon no. 2, beauty salon no. 3 and beauty salon no. 4, respectively and in their outdoor background (atmospheric air).
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Figure 3
PM4 and TSP concentration roses for two measurement periods ((A,C) for the period 1–26 September; (B,D) for the period 29 September–31 October). Concentrations of PM4 and TSP are in µg/m3.
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