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Characterizing Air Pollution in Two Low-Income Neighborhoods in Accra, Ghana
Citation:
Arku, R. E., J. Vallarino, K. L. Dionisio, R. WILLIS, H. Choi, J. Wilson, C. Hemphill, S. Agyei-Mensah, J. D. SPENGLER, AND M. Ezzati. Characterizing Air Pollution in Two Low-Income Neighborhoods in Accra, Ghana. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT. Elsevier Science Ltd, New York, NY, 402(2-3):217-231, (2008).
Impact/Purpose:
The National Exposure Research Laboratory’s (NERL) Human Exposure and Atmospheric Sciences Division (HEASD) conducts research in support of EPA’s mission to protect human health and the environment. HEASD’s research program supports Goal 1 (Clean Air) and Goal 4 (Healthy People) of EPA’s strategic plan. More specifically, our division conducts research to characterize the movement of pollutants from the source to contact with humans. Our multidisciplinary research program produces Methods, Measurements, and Models to identify relationships between and characterize processes that link source emissions, environmental concentrations, human exposures, and target-tissue dose. The impact of these tools are improved regulatory programs and policies for EPA.
Description:
Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest rate of urban population growth in the world, with a large number of urban residents living in low-income “slum” neighborhoods. We conducted a study for an initial assessment of the levels and spatial and/or temporal patterns of multiple pollutants in the ambient air in two low-income neighborhoods in Accra, Ghana.
