https://doi.org/10.15255/KUI.2020.024
Published: Kem. Ind. 69 (13) (2020) P57–P64
Paper reference number: KUI-24/2020
Paper type: Conference paper
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Monitoring of Pollutants Emissions in the City of Tuzla

E. Hodžić, E. Alić and E. Horozić

Abstract

Air pollution is increasingly considered a significant risk to human health. Due to industrial activity, individual fireboxes, and the high traffic concentration, the problem of air pollution has long been present in the Tuzla area. Environmental pollutants cause serious harm to humans and all living things, and pollution from fossil fuel combustion is at the forefront of the black scale of health threats. Environmental pollution can cause a number of diseases such as asthma, allergies, various cancers, heart and circulatory system diseases, fertility problems, neurological problems. This paper presents the results of monitoring pollutant emissions in the period from Jan 1 to Dec 31, 2019, and the harmful effects of polluted air on the human body. Monitoring at three locations in Tuzla was carried out for the following air pollutants: sulphur dioxide (SO₂), nitrogen dioxide (NO₂), carbon monoxide (CO), ozone (O₃) and PM_2.5. The results showed that, during the heating season (winter months), the air in the urban area of Tuzla was heavily polluted; the highest concentration of sulphur dioxide was recorded in December at the measuring station Bukinje, which amounted to 271.7 µg m^–3. In the same month, the measuring station Skver recorded a concentration of particulate matter PM_2.5 of 153.2 µg m^–3.

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Keywords

air pollution, environment, pollutants, monitoring, health