The Whistle Archives Publication is weekly throughout the academic year. Georgia Tech is a unit of the University System of Georgia. Scientists nationwide gather for landmark study on particulate matter Amanda Hainsworth Institute Communications and Public Affairs With smog alerts almost a constant in Atlanta, everyone knows the city's air is polluted. PM is the general term used for a mixture of solid particles and liquid droplets found in the air.
Some particles are so small they can only be detected with an electron microscope.
We need to do this to understand the health effects and the sources, and to monitor compliance with EPA standards. In relation to the impact on health, fine particles are most closely associated with increased hospital admissions and emergency room visits for heart and lung disease, increased respiratory symptoms and disease, decreased lung function and even premature death. In addition to the methodology part of the SuperSite study, Chameides hopes to discover whether a pollutant coupling is occurring between ground-level ozone and fine particulate matter. The trick is to fully understand how they interact so you can come up with a strategy to deal with both of them. Data from the study will be submitted to Jim St. John, a research scientist in EAS, for quality assurance and archiving.