title: Five year studies on suspended particulate matter and heavy metals trends in Brass City of India.
abstract: Moradabad is historically an important city of western Uttar Pradesh which is popularly known as Brass City of India, as about one thousand large and small scale brassware industries are located in and around the city. Suspended Particulate Matter (SPM) was collected two times in a week using High Volume Samplers (HVS) at six selected sites representing different areas of the city. The result indicates the annual and seasonal variations of SPM from 2005-2010. The highest value (869 μg/m3) was recorded at industrial site, i.e. Mughalpura in June (2008-09) while lowest value (71 μg/m3) at PTC in the month of July (2005-06). Five heavy metals, i.e. Cu, Zn, Fe, Cd and Pb were also observed at all the sites. Among the metals highest concentration of Zn were recorded at almost all the sites whereas Cu and Zn were found at industrial site, may be attributed to melting of Brass silly to prepare the different Brassware items. Pb and Cd were abundant at commercial site, located nearby Railway station as traffic density remains high during the day and night.
authors.affiliation: Pollution Ecology Research Laboratory, Department of Botany, Hindu College, Moradabad-244 001, U.P., India.
authors.lastname: Mahima
authors.forename: Raina
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pal
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Anamika
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tripathi
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Singh
mesh_terms: D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D002947:Cities; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D007194:India; D019216:Metals, Heavy / Q000032:analysis*; D052638:Particulate Matter / Q000032:analysis*; D012621:Seasons
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D019216:Metals, Heavy; D052638:Particulate Matter