Evaluating the Air Pollutant in MOUAU Old Female Hostel with Special Reference to CO2
Nwakanma, C.& Anaemeje K. J.
Department of Environmental Management and Toxicology
College of Natural Resources and Environmental Management
Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State, Nigeria
Email: dr.nwakanmac@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
Air pollution is a huge problem which has the potential to affect everyone. Evaluating the Air Pollutant in MOUAU Old Female Hostel with Special Reference to CO2 was carried in this study. The air sampling equipment used for this research work was Extech gas analyzer. The gas detector was set and mounted 5meters for five minutes to absorb air pollutant at a specific location and after that, readings was recorded. The hostel consist of five blocks, out of the five blocks, two were selected randomly as sampling stations block and samples were taken at different time intervals (6.am,12 noon and 6.pm). At each of the sampling block, a sampling point was selected and the sample was collected for one month. Data in numerical and tabular form was presented and analyzed using mixed effect models with random subject effect for repeated measurement. The CO2 mean values ranged from 387 to 405ppm in Hostel D and 370 to 436ppm in Hostel A. The values of CO2 obtained in the present study were below the recommended WHO thresh hold limit value (TLV) of 500ppm, indicating that CO2 level in both Hostel A and D are within the acceptable level and hence will not pose any health challenge to the students.Keywords: Air pollution, CO2, Umudike, Pollutants, Air-quality, Nigeria
