Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Journal of Young Scientist", Vol. 7
Written by Mihaela-Andra ROŞCA, Ani-Rebeca CREŢU, Ionuţ-Cosmin IANCU
Every day, 600 000 people travel by subway. And every day, for a few dozen minutes, these passengers breathe the underground air. Many felt agglomeration, heat, dust. Few people wondered how harmful the particles invade their lungs. In this study we determined concentrations for the particulate matter (PM) and carbon dioxide, as well as the level of noise from the subway. The results are worrying and shows the differences between the maximum admitted and the actual levels that lead, in time, to the illness of the human body.
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