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

Research Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences | Vol 1, Issue 1

Table 2. Comparison of Air quality in the study area (Kwara State) with the recommended acceptable standards.

Air quality parameters nRangeMeanSDFMEVWHO Standards
Temperature 7521.00-46.4028.277.1929.5-36.9-
Relative humidity7536.40-53.5043.464.844.90-75.9-
VOC750.00-31.004.879.060.500.50
CO750.00-23.005.447.125050
O27520.50-21.1020.860.1020.9>23.5
PM2.5750.37-999.0091.71118.8111575
PM10630.50-999.00107.78125.38150100
HcHo630.00-0.100.020.020.1- 3.130.0
LEL665.00-15.0010.611.53515.5