Metals in respirable and inhalable dust at educational institutions

Mohd. Din, Shamzani Affendy and Nik Yahya, Nik Nurul Hidayah and Othman, Rashidi (2018) Metals in respirable and inhalable dust at educational institutions. Planning Malaysia: Journal of the Malaysian Institute of Planners, 16 (2). pp. 21-29. ISSN 1675-6215 E-ISSN 0128-0945

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Abstract

Haze episode has always becomes the one of the common reasons for emergency closing of school. Unique approach had been used to collect and examine the toxic metal of the respirable and inhalable dust by combining the latest personal cyclone and seven-hole head sampler together with the latest spectrometer of inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) in a single framework. Iron is found significantly different with the highest concentration at 107.895 ng m-3. The mean ranges of metal in respirable dust found in educational institutions are between 0.005 and 78.629 ng m-3. The findings of this research seen the amount of respirable dust exceeds more than 21.13 per cent than inhalable dust. Analysed metals found are not exceeding the ambient air exposure limit established by Department of Environment Malaysia. Hence, it is understood that the outdoor atmospheric environments of Malaysian educational institutions are non-hazardous for both visitors and occupiers (students and personnel). The high level of iron signify that it is safe for the crossing of children to have a traffic light in front of the school, but the idling of motor vehicles emitted more pollutant that risks health of the school children, teachers and officers. These suggest that when there are schools, there shall be constructed of flyover crossing for long term solution or with certain distance to traffic sources.

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Additional Information:	3890/66409
Uncontrolled Keywords:	inhalable dust, respirable dust, educational institution, human health, metal exposure
Subjects:	N Fine Arts > NA Architecture N Fine Arts > NA Architecture > NA4100 Special classes of buildings > NA6600 Education buildings
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	International Institute for Halal Research and Training (INHART) Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design > Department of Applied Arts and Design
Depositing User:	Dr Shamzani Affendy Mohd Din
Date Deposited:	20 Sep 2018 16:45
Last Modified:	23 Jul 2021 23:43
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/66409

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