The Effect of the Industrial Activities on Air Pollution at Baiji and Its Surrounding Areas, Iraq
- 1 Chemistry Department, Collage of Science, Mustansirya University, Baghdad, Iraq
- 2 Geology Department, Faculty Science, Kufa University, Kufa, Iraq
- 3 Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden
- 4 Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden
Abstract
The polluters of total suspended particles (TSP) and some heavy metals (Cd, Co, and Ni) concentrations were studied in the areas of Al-Fatha, Al-Alam and Baiji, Iraq. These concentrations were measured for selected 22 sample locations for two periods, January and July 2013. The analyzed values of (TSP) and (Cd) exceeded the limits of Iraqi National and the World Health Organization (WHO) for the two periods. Also, (Ni) values exceeded the limits for July only, while (Co) values were under the limits for the two periods. The difference between the two periods reflects the effect of the wind speed and direction, rainfall, and the intensity of the dust storms during the two months, respectively. GIS technique makes optimal predictions possible by examining the relationships between all the sample points and producing a continuous surface of polluter’s concentration. Therefore, GIS was used to produce predictions and probabilities maps for the critical polluter values in the study area.
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