Residential Wood Combustion in Germany: A Twin-Site Study of Local Village Contributions to Particulate Pollutants and Their Potential Health Effects.

ABSTRACT: Residential wood combustion contributing to airborne particulate matter (PM₁₀) was studied for 1 year at two sites in the village of Melpitz. Significant excess pollution was observed at the Melpitz center compared to that at the TROPOS research station Melpitz reference site, situated only 700 m away. Local concentration increments at the village site for the combustion PM constituents organic carbon, elemental carbon, levoglucosan, and benzo[a]pyrene were determined under appropriate wind directions, and their winter mean values were 0.7 μg m^-3, 0.3 μg m^-3, 0.1 μg m^-3, and 0.4 ng m^-3, representing relative increases over the regional background concentration of 24, 70, 61, and 107%, respectively. Yearly, weekly, and diurnal profiles

SUBMITTER: van Pinxteren D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10797685 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature