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Changes in air pollution levels after COVID-19 outbreak in Korea #MMPMID32829258
Ju MJ; Oh J; Choi YH
Sci Total Environ 2021[Jan]; 750 (ä): 141521 PMID32829258show ga
In order to control the spread of COVID-19, social distancing measures were implemented in many countries. This study investigated changes in air pollution during the social distancing after the COVID-19 outbreak in Korea. Ambient PM(2.5), PM(10), NO(2), and CO that are particularly related to industrial activities and traffic were reduced during the social distancing in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. In March 2020, immediately after social distancing, mean levels of PM(2.5), PM(10), NO(2), and CO decreased nationwide from last year's mean levels by 16.98 mug/m(3), 21.61 mug/m(3), 4.16 ppb, and 0.09 ppm, respectively (p-value for the year-to-year difference <0.001, =0.001, =0.008, <0.001), a decrease by 45.45%, 35.56%, 20.41%, and 17.33%, respectively. Changes in ambient O(3) or SO(2) were not observed to be attributable to social distancing. Our findings, that such effort for a short period of time resulted in a significant reduction in air pollution, may point toward reducing air pollution as a public health problem in a more sustainable post-COVID-19 world.