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Community Exposure to Indoor Air Pollution arising from the Use of Gasoline Generator in Rukpokwu, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria *Adenubi B.C., and Mmom P.C. 1Department of Geography and Environmental Management, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Nigeria. *Corresponding E-mail Address✉:talk2mommyb@yahoo.com Accepted July 31, 2019 The study examined community exposure to indoor air pollution arising from the use of gasoline generators in Rukpokwu, Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Data was collected through field surveys and questionnaires. Five pollutants were purposively sampled in 48 households which include CO, SO2, NOX, VOC, and H2S. aeroQUAL 500 series gas analyzer was used to measure these pollutants. The paired wise t-test and Spearman’s rho correlation analysis were employed to test the hypothesis stated. The result obtained show that there is variation in indoor air quality across the study area, indoor air quality across the study area differs from WHO and FEPA standard, majority of the households sampled had high level of CO, SO2, NOX, VOC save for H2S which about 81% of the households were within the limit set by WHO and FEPA and there is no relationship between the house characteristics measured to indoor air quality in Rukpokwu. The study therefore recommended that government should ensure that adequate power supply is provided and there should be public enlightenment on long time effects of poor IAQ. Key words: Indoor air, Pollution, Gasoline, Rukpokwu, Nigeria. Full Text PDF (757 KB) |
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