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Composition And Oxidative Potential Of Fine Particulate Matter From Pascagoula, Ms, Madison Smith
Composition And Oxidative Potential Of Fine Particulate Matter From Pascagoula, Ms, Madison Smith
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Air pollution is one of the top-ranking risk factors for death and disability around the world, accounting for nearly 4.9 million deaths worldwide (State of Global Air, 2019). Specifically, fine particulate matter (PM2.5) has been linked to many adverse effects on human health, yet there is very little known about what characteristics exactly cause these adverse health effects and how they cause them. Samples for this study were collected from Pascagoula, MS, a small town located on the Mississippi Gulf Coast that is home to many industrial yards, from September 2013 to December 2013. Black carbon (BC) analysis …