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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2010.11.7.2719

Health and Environmental Risk Assessment of Pollutants in Pohang  

Jung, Jong-Hyeon (Department of Health and Medical Administration, Sorabol College)
Choi, Won-Joon (Greenhouse Gas Research Center, Korea Institute of Energy Research)
Leem, Heon-Ho (Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Pusan National University)
Shon, Byung-Hyun (Department of Environmental Engineering, Hanseo University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.11, no.7, 2010 , pp. 2719-2726 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the scientific basic grounds for the assessment of health and environmental diseases resulting from air pollutants in Pohang. For this study, we investigated pollutants, weather characteristics and concentration distribution of fine particles ($PM_10$) yearly and each season, using data from Air Quality Monitoring Stations. The properties of concentration distribution and seasonal fluctuation of $PM_10$ were studied qualitatively and quantitatively using CALPUFF, air dispersion model. The average concentration of $PM_10$ for each season was spring($75.7{\mu}g/m^3$)>summer($56.8{\mu}g/m^3$)>winter($53.6{\mu}g/m^3$)>fall( $52.7{\mu}g/m^3$). In the case of spring, high concentrations appear due to the Asian dust frequently occurring. The contributions of $PM_10$ classified by the types of pollution source in Pohang were point source 62%>mobile source 33%>area source 5%. An important point is that 97% of emissions were produced from the iron manufacture in steel industry. Therefore, it is necessary to control the emission sources of pollutants and to construct an observation system at Pohang steel industrial complex from now on. It’s time to control the risk factors for health and environmental disease to protect the health of resident in Pohang and its neighboring areas.
Keywords
Health; Assessment; Pohang; fine particulate matter(PM10); CALPUFF;
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