Trend Analysis on Air Quality and Lung Function - A Case of Consar Stone Quarry Limited, Barekese

Ernest Oti Amankwah; Godfred Owusu-Boateng; Asare Barima Maxwell

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Trend Analysis on Air Quality and Lung Function - A Case of Consar Stone Quarry Limited, Barekese

Ernest Oti Amankwah, Godfred Owusu-Boateng, Asare Barima Maxwell

Published in American Journal of Environmental and Resource Economics (Volume 4, Issue 2)

Received: 7 March 2019 Accepted: 28 April 2019 Published: 31 May 2019

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Air pollution emanating from particulate matter exposure has been identified as a major environmental problem worldwide. The stone quarry industry generates enormous amount of particulate matter into the atmosphere because of activities like blasting, crushing and haulage. The study determined the levels of PM₁₀ and TSP concentrations (using IOM dust samplers) as well as lung function indicators of inhabitants of the Consar Stone Quarry concessional area from November 2015 to March 2016. PM10 concentration exceeded the WHO guideline value (50µgm^-3) and the permissible EPA-Ghana standard of 70µgm^-3 except in the month of November and March. The measured TSP concentrations were generally below the EPA Ghana standard of 230µgm^-3 except for January and December that recorded concentrations above the EPA-Ghana standard probably due to the low relative humidity resulting from scarcity in rainfall and high atmospheric temperature. Measured lung function indicators were significantly higher than the predicted values suggesting adverse effect of the quarry on inhabitants of the concessional area.

Published in	American Journal of Environmental and Resource Economics (Volume 4, Issue 2)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajere.20190402.11
Page(s)	44-53
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Particulate Matter, Concentration, Concessional Area, Significant, Adverse Effect

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Ernest Oti Amankwah, Godfred Owusu-Boateng, Asare Barima Maxwell. Trend Analysis on Air Quality and Lung Function - A Case of Consar Stone Quarry Limited, Barekese. Am J Environ Resour Econ. 2019;4(2):44-53. doi: 10.11648/j.ajere.20190402.11

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Ernest Oti Amankwah

Department of Materials Engineering, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
Godfred Owusu-Boateng

Department of Fisheries and Watershed Management, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
Asare Barima Maxwell

Department of Applied Statistics, University for Development Studies, Temale, Ghana

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Ernest Oti Amankwah, Godfred Owusu-Boateng, Asare Barima Maxwell. Trend Analysis on Air Quality and Lung Function - A Case of Consar Stone Quarry Limited, Barekese. Am J Environ Resour Econ. 2019;4(2):44-53. doi: 10.11648/j.ajere.20190402.11

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