Abstract:
Objectives To investigate the concentration of fine particulate matters (PM
2.5)in indoor air of representative public places in Yancheng city and compare the contribution of outdoor air pollution to that of indoor air pollution, so as to provide a scientific basis for regulatory control of PM
2.5 exposure in public places.
Methods The concentration of PM
2.5 in indoor air from four representative public places in Yancheng city were monitored by means of a light scattering dust detector, and the concentration of PM
2.5 in atmospheric environment released by the local Environmental Protection Department were recorded at the same time.
Results The average concentration of indoor PM
2.5 was 95.0μg/m
3, which was 1.68 times higher than that of outdoor PM
2.5(
P<0.01). The level of PM
2.5 in outdoor air was significantly higher in the winter than that in the autumn (
P<0.01), and the situation was similar to that of indoor air (
P>0.05). Significantly positive correlation between indoor PM
2.5 and outdoor PM
2.5 was observed (R=0.779,
P<0.001).
Conclusions There was a heavy PM
2.5 pollution in the indoor air of representative public places in Yancheng city, and it could be effectively reduced in case of reasonably using central air-conditioning system and strictly controlling tobacco smoking and oil-smoke release.