Abstract
<p>Air pollution is a problem both for outdoor as well for indoor environment (working environment). The work environment is represented by ambient where the worker operates and includes the physical environment and on other part the social environment. This paper presents the results of measurements for particulate matter (PM<sub>2,5 </sub>and PM<sub>10</sub>) in a closed environment, respectively the library of “Vasile Alecsandri” University of Bacau. The measurement for particulate matter PM<sub>2,5 </sub>and PM<sub>10</sub> in the library was performed in seven halls: two deposits for old books, two deposits for new books, newspaper deposit, reading room and computer room. After accomplishing the measurements, were established the points where the admissible limit values have been exceeded for particulate matter PM<sub>2,5 </sub>and PM<sub>10</sub>, according to law. Thus, it is observed that the permissible values were not exceeded for either PM<sub>2,5 </sub>and PM<sub>10</sub> particulate matter in any sampling points.</p>
Highlights
Dates from specialized literature and from the reports of the European Environment Agency shows that air pollution is a major environmental problem, both as frequency and scale of the phenomenon, as well as other environmental interference, which leads to synergistic effects threatening global environmental quality and longterm human health at the same time [1,2,3].Among the many pollutants, particulate matter (PM) is one of the most dangerous contaminants from the air
In the context of the foregoing, this paper aims to determine the degree of air pollution with particulate matter (PM2,5 și PM10) in a closed environment
The values recorded for the quantity of particulate matter PM2,5 and PM10 from an old book deposit without traffic in the library of "Vasile Alecsandri" University of Bacau are represented graphically in Table 1 and are plotted in
Summary
Dates from specialized literature and from the reports of the European Environment Agency shows that air pollution is a major environmental problem, both as frequency and scale of the phenomenon, as well as other environmental interference, which leads to synergistic effects threatening global environmental quality and longterm human health at the same time [1,2,3].Among the many pollutants, particulate matter (PM) is one of the most dangerous contaminants from the air. In the last decades a detailed attention was given to the impact of particulate matter on human health, at the moment continuing to be an aspect of broad national and international interest [1, 2, 5]. In this context, many studies have confirmed that the exposure to outdoor particulate matter contributes to both mortality and morbidity. An analysis conducted at European Union level showed that long-term exposure to low concentrations of particulates can cause cancer and premature death [2]
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