The INAA of air particulates from three sites in Lagos

Conference · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1993 · Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States)

OSTI ID:5765747

Spyrou, N M ^[1]; Asubiojo, O I; Oluwole, A F; Oluyemi, E A ^[2]; Farooqi, A S; Akanle, O A ^[3]

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1. Univ. of Surrey, Guildford (United Kingdom)
2. Obafemi Awolowo Univ., Ile-Ife (Nigeria)
3. Univ. of Surrey, Guildford, (United Kingdom)

This work is part of an ongoing project on environmental monitoring and impact assessment carried out in Nigeria in a collaboration between the University of Surrey and the Obafemi Awolowo University and funded by the Commission of the European Communities under the Lorme III agreement. Lagos is the biggest industrial city in Nigeria and shares [approximately]38% of the total manufacturing industries. These are associated in the main with the manufacture of cement, glass, plastics, pharmaceutical, cars, textiles, and paints. In the early 1970s, 80% of the air pollution was reported to be due to vehicular exhaust in Nigeria. The speed of motorcars plays an important role in causing pollution through exhaust, and in Lagos, the operating speed of vehicles has been reported to be very low, <10 km/h, for most of the roads in the city. However, domestic waste generation in Lagos city is estimated as >5 x 10[sup 5] tonne/yr and is another source of air pollution because roughly half is combustible. The selection of three sampling sites in the northeastern part of the city of Lagos provided an opportunity to study air pollution in an industrial area and a nearby residential area.

• OSTI ID: 5765747
• Report Number(s): CONF-930601--
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States) Journal Volume: 68
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540110*
540120 -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring &amp; Transport-- (1990-)
ACTIVATION ANALYSIS
AFRICA
AIR POLLUTION
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
MONITORING
NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS
NIGERIA
PARTICLES
PARTICULATES
POLLUTION
RURAL AREAS
URBAN AREAS