Personal exposures to particulate matter & #60;2.5 & #956;m in mass median aerodynamic diameter (PM2.5) pollution during the burning of six most commonly used firecrackers in India

Conclusion: Burning of firecrackers produce extremely high levels of personal exposure to PM2.5 levels that are likely to have significant short-term and long-term adverse health effects. The initiative taken by the Supreme Court of India in 2017 to ban the sale of firecrackers seems to be a step in the right direction to reduce the adverse health impacts in the community.

Source: Lung India - June 27, 2019 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Rohan Shah Sneha Limaye Dhammasagar Ujagare Sapna Madas Sundeep Salvi Source Type: research