Air of Uncertainty from Pollution Profiteers: Status of Ambient Air Quality of Sawmill Industry in Ilorin Metropolis, Kwara State, Nigeria
Table 2.
Comparison of Air quality in the study area (Kwara State) with the recommended acceptable standards.
|
| Air quality parameters |
n |
Range |
Mean |
SD |
FMEV |
WHO Standards |
|
|
| Temperature |
75 |
21.00-46.40 |
28.27 |
7.19 |
29.5-36.9 |
- |
|
| Relative humidity |
75 |
36.40-53.50 |
43.46 |
4.84 |
4.90-75.9 |
- |
|
| VOC |
75 |
0.00-31.00 |
4.87 |
9.06 |
0.50 |
0.50 |
|
| CO |
75 |
0.00-23.00 |
5.44 |
7.12 |
50 |
50 |
|
| O2 |
75 |
20.50-21.10 |
20.86 |
0.10 |
20.9 |
>23.5 |
|
| PM2.5 |
75 |
0.37-999.00 |
91.71 |
118.81 |
115 |
75 |
|
| PM10 |
63 |
0.50-999.00 |
107.78 |
125.38 |
150 |
100 |
|
| HcHo |
63 |
0.00-0.10 |
0.02 |
0.02 |
0.1- 3.1 |
30.0 |
|
| LEL |
66 |
5.00-15.00 |
10.61 |
1.53 |
5 |
15.5 |
|
|
|
|
