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Chemical Studies of Traffic Generated Dust and its impact on Human Health with Associated Problems in Singrauli District of Madhya Pradesh, India

Vinod Kumar Dubey1 * , Dhananjai Singh2 and Neha Singh3

1 Department of Chemistry, SGS Govt. P.G. Autonomous (NAAC Accredited) College, Sidhi, 486661 M.P. India

2 SMS (Agronomy) Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Sidhi, 486661 M.P. India

3 Applied Chemistry Division, Department of Chemistry, SGS Govt. P.G. Autonomous (NAAC Accredited) College, Sidhi, 486661 M.P. India

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.12944/CWE.8.3.15

The traffic generated dust now become the problem for urban people. Rate of dust fall in urban areas of Singrauli was estimated during two consecutive years (2011 and 2012) through recommended methods. The levels of dust fall in Singrauli during both years remained the highest (37.56 and 41.32 g/m2/month) respectively, with high traffic density. Among the locations, waidhan showed with the highest rate of dust fall while Shakti nagar showed the lowest. Metallic analysis of dust fall in Singrauli was made through atomic absorption spectrophotometer. All the investigated metals except Ni were found high in all the dust fall samples of all the location and dust sample collected during 2012 showed high content of heavy metals than 2011. Data regarding impact of air pollution on human health exhibited that the percentage of pulmonary disease, eye irritation and headache in the urban area of Singrauli was found the highest than any other and 55 % of effected people were those who practiced trade while being directly exposed to the pollutant without any protective measures.

Singrauli; Dust Fall; Heavy Metals; Traffic Density; Human Health

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Dubey V. K, Singh D, Singh N. Chemical Studies of Traffic Generated Dust and its impact on Human Health with Associated Problems in Singrauli District of Madhya Pradesh, India. Curr World Environ 2013;8(3) DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.12944/CWE.8.3.15

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Dubey V. K, Singh D, Singh N. Chemical Studies of Traffic Generated Dust and its impact on Human Health with Associated Problems in Singrauli District of Madhya Pradesh, India. Curr World Environ 2013;8(3). Available from: http://www.cwejournal.org/?p=5325

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