IJESD 2021 Vol.12(12): 355-362 ISSN: 2010-0264
doi: 10.18178/ijesd.2021.12.12.1361
doi: 10.18178/ijesd.2021.12.12.1361
Describing Aerosol and Assessing Health Effects in Lima, Peru
Odón R. Sánchez-Ccoyllo, Carol Geimy Ordoñez-Aquino, Jessica Arratea-Morán, Nélida S. Marín-Huachaca, and Warren Reátegui-Romero
Abstract—The current study aims to discover the chemical-morphological characteristics of PM10 through the analysis of Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectroscopy (ICP-AES) and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), respectively, in the Metropolitan Area of Lima (MEAL) in the period from January 04 to 18, 2019. The study also aims to analyze the aerosol optical depth (AOD) in the period from January 1, 2014 to October 15, 2020. The effect of the PM2.5 concentrations on health in 2016 has also been quantified. The results indicate that the daily PM10 value of 50 μg/m3 recommended by the World Health Organization was exceeded on 75% of the monitored days. The morphological analysis of PM10 demonstrated the presence of particles of anthropogenic and geogenic origin. Particles from building activities and secondary aerosol formation were found, as well as particles associated with the resuspension of soil and marine aerosols. In 2016, 718, 1426, and 4295 cases of all-cause mortality, on average, could have been avoided in the MEAL if the annual average of PM2.5 would have decreased from 26.53 μg/m3 to 23.88 μg/m3, 21.22 μg/m3, or 10 μg/m3, respectively. In 2016, 1.58%, 3.14% and 9.47% of all causes are respectively attributed to fine aerosol (PM2.5) over 23.88 μg/m3, 21.22 μg/m3, and 10 μg/m3. Policy makers to legally reduce the PM2.5 concentrations in the MEAL could use this result.
Index Terms—ICP-AES, Lima, PM10, SEM, trace metals.
Odón R. Sánchez-Ccoyllo and Jessica Arrate-Morán are with the Atmospheric Pollution Research Group, Universidad Nacional Tecnológica De Lima Sur (UNTELS), Sector 3, Grupo 1A 03, Cercado (Av. Central y Av. Bolivar), Lima 42, Lima, Peru (e-mail: osanchez@untels.edu.pe, jessica.arrateam@gmail.com).
Carol Geimy Ordoñez-Aquino is with the Ingeniería Ambiental de la Dirección de Control y Vigilancia de la Dirección General de Salud Ambiental e Inocuidad Alimentaria (DIGESA), Lima, Peru (e-mail: ordonez.carol26@gmail.com).
Nélida S. Marín-Huachaca and Warren Reátegui-Romero are with the Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería (UNI), Av. Túpac Amaru 210, Lima 25, Lima, Peru (e-mail: nmarin@uni.edu.pe, wreategui@uni.edu.pe).
Index Terms—ICP-AES, Lima, PM10, SEM, trace metals.
Odón R. Sánchez-Ccoyllo and Jessica Arrate-Morán are with the Atmospheric Pollution Research Group, Universidad Nacional Tecnológica De Lima Sur (UNTELS), Sector 3, Grupo 1A 03, Cercado (Av. Central y Av. Bolivar), Lima 42, Lima, Peru (e-mail: osanchez@untels.edu.pe, jessica.arrateam@gmail.com).
Carol Geimy Ordoñez-Aquino is with the Ingeniería Ambiental de la Dirección de Control y Vigilancia de la Dirección General de Salud Ambiental e Inocuidad Alimentaria (DIGESA), Lima, Peru (e-mail: ordonez.carol26@gmail.com).
Nélida S. Marín-Huachaca and Warren Reátegui-Romero are with the Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería (UNI), Av. Túpac Amaru 210, Lima 25, Lima, Peru (e-mail: nmarin@uni.edu.pe, wreategui@uni.edu.pe).
Cite: Odón R. Sánchez-Ccoyllo, Carol Geimy Ordoñez-Aquino, Jessica Arratea-Morán, Nélida S. Marín-Huachaca, and Warren Reátegui-Romero, "Describing Aerosol and Assessing Health Effects in Lima, Peru," International Journal of Environmental Science and Development vol. 12, no. 12, pp. 355-362, 2021.
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