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Air of Uncertainty from Pollution Profiteers: Status of Ambient Air Quality of Sawmill Industry in Ilorin Metropolis, Kwara State, Nigeria

Table 3a.

Comparison of the air quality parametersin the study area of Kwara State (Temperature, RH, VOC, CO, O₂ and PM_2.5).


S/N	Locations	Temperature (°C)	RH	VOC (ppm)	CO (ppm)	O₂	PM_2.5 (ug/m³)

1	Asadam	23.88±1.25^a	42.65±5.11^a	15.05±10.08^b	0.00±0.00^a	20.90±0.05^a	54.00±12.08^a
2	Karisunu	28.29±2.45^b	40.87±4.24^a	0.29±0.18^a	7.71±5.65^b	20.84±0.05^a	75.29±15.17^a
3	IbudoOsho	28.00±1.29^b	43.54±4.80^a	0.30±0.23^a	8.00±7.42^b	20.87±0.05^a	204.95±353.58^a
4	Irewolede	27.67±1.21^b	41.15±4.65^a	18.70±10.08^b	1.17±2.86^a	20.88±0.08^a	66.83±12.11^a
5	Oluwaseun	27.13±1.96^b	45.81±4.78^a	0.23±0.05^a	2.91±8.12^a	20.86±0.07^a	42.60±29.59^a
6	OdoOkun	43.46±2.84^c	44.08±5.33^a	0.47±1.34^a	4.17±6.69^b	20.81±0.14^a	104.42±91.99^a
7	Eyenkorin	22.00±1.26^a	44.60±4.28^a	0.22±0.08^a	13.17±6.46^c	20.77±0.10^a	93.00±4.73^a
8	IrelopeOjaOke	22.00±1.00^a	40.23±4.72^a	0.20±0.01^a	16.00±0.00^c	20.73±0.21^a	89.67±2.08^a
9	Oluwaniagbaraemimi	24.00±1.41^a	44.60±4.28^a	19.20±9.79^b	0.00±0.00^a	20.95±0.08^a	56.17±15.88^a
10	OluwoyeAmoyo	23.83±1.33^a	47.03±4.50^a	0.21±0.02^a	6.33±9.81^b	20.88±0.04^a	69.33±17.52^a
11	AkereBiata	24.33±1.03^a	41.12±4.59^a	0.40±0.21^a	8.83±4.54^b	20.88±0.04^a	151.67±76.19^a

Similar superscript means not significantly different (p>0.05), different superscript means signifi-cantly different (p<0.05).