Influence of COVID-19 lockdown overlapping Chinese Spring Festival on household PM_2.5 in rural Chinese homes.

ABSTRACT: During the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, many countries took strong lockdown policy to reduce disease spreading, resulting in mitigating the ambient air pollution due to less traffic and industrial emissions. However, limited studies focused on the household air pollution especially in rural area, the potential risk induced by indoor air pollution exposure was unknown during this period. This field study continuously measured real-time PM_2.5 levels in kitchen, living room, and outdoor in the normal days (Period-1) and the days of COVID-19 lockdown overlapping the Chinese Spring Festival (Period-2) in rural homes in China. The average daily PM_2.5 concentrations increased by 17.4 and 5.1 μg/m³ in kitchen and living room during Period-2, respecti

SUBMITTER: Du W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8007388 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature