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Spatiotemporal variations and risk assessment of ambient air O3, PM10 and PM2.5 in a coastal city of China

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Rapid industrialization and urbanization has created significant air pollution problems that have recently begin to impact the lives and health of human beings in China. This study systematically investigated the spatiotemporal variations and the associated health risks of ambient O3, PM10 and PM2.5 between 2016 and 2019. The relationships between the target air pollutants and meteorological conditions were further analyzed using the Spearman rank correlation coefficient method. The results demonstrated that the annual mean concentrations of PM10 and PM2.5 experienced a decreasing trend overall, and PM2.5 significantly decreased from 1.54 μg/m3 in 2016 to 1.48 μg/m3 in 2019. In contrast, the annual mean concentrations of O3 were nearly constant during the study period with a slight increasing trend. The pollutants exhibited different seasonal variations and cyclical diurnal variations. The most highest O3 pollution was seen in spring and summer, while spring and winter were the seasons with the most PM10 and PM2.5 pollution. The highest concentrations of O3 appeared in periods of strong solar radiation intensity and photochemical reactions. The highest concentrations of PM10 and PM2.5 appeared at commuting time. The pollutant concentrations were significantly affected by meteorological conditions. Finally, the non-carcinogenic risks from exposure to O3, PM10 and PM2.5 were at an acceptable level (HI < 0.96) and O3 accounted for ~50% of the total non-carcinogenic risks. However, PM2.5 posed highly carcinogenic risks (2.5 × 10−4 < CR < 1.6 × 10−1) and O3 exposure showed high potential ecological impacts on vegetation (AOT40: 23.3 ppm-h; W126: 29.0 ppm-h).

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This work was financially supported by the Major Science and Technology Program for Water Pollution Control and Treatment in China (No: 2017ZX07602004).

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  1. Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, No.8 Jiangwangmiao Street, Nanjing, 210042, China

    Lichao Wang & Ming Kong

  2. Nanjing University & Yancheng Academy of Environmental Protection Technology and Engineering, Yancheng, 224000, China

    Lichao Wang & Liqun Xing

  3. State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China

    Liqun Xing

  4. School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yancheng Teachers University, Yancheng, 224002, China

    Xiankun Wu

  5. Suzhou Capital Greinworth Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd, Suzhou, 215216, China

    Jie Sun

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LQ Xing and M kong conceived the project; LC Wang collected the data, formal analysis and wrote the original draft; XK Wu and J Sun conducted data analyses and visualized; LQ Xing and M Kong supervised and edited the paper. All of the authors contributed to the final review of the submitted paper, and gave final approval for publication.

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Wang, L., Xing, L., Wu, X. et al. Spatiotemporal variations and risk assessment of ambient air O3, PM10 and PM2.5 in a coastal city of China. Ecotoxicology 30, 1333–1342 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10646-020-02295-0

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