Impact assessment respirable particulate pollution PM 2.5 in urban areas with intense traffic on the health of the population

Abstract

Issues addressed in the project, in collaboration with the Polytechnic University of Bucharest and the National Institute of Public Health as partners in the consortium, topical international scientific community, has proposed and carried out a series of activities targeting air quality and implications of pollution PM2.5 dust on the population in urban areas. Tests conducted in two of the busiest areas of Bucharest, the intersection Razoare and university were supposed to determine the concentration of particulates PM 2.5, heavy metals and PAHs adsorbed on powders and determining changes in the composition of body fluids (blood and urine) if exposed. Bioassays were conducted by the staff of Brigade Road INSP Bucharest while correlation tests and interpreting the results of UPB.