COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS ON THE CORRELATION STUDY OF PM2.5 AND METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS WITHIN SELECTED SCHOOLS IN OREDO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EDO STATE.

Air is essential for sustaining life on Earth. It provides us with oxygen to breathe, and regulates the Earth’s climate. Clean and healthy air is needed for our overall well-being and the environment. Unfortunately, our environment has been exposed to different air pollutants because of various daily activities. Most of these day-to-day activities of human occur in an indoor environment, as people spend more of their daily time indoors; hence, the tendency to be exposed to indoor air pollution is considerably high compared with the outdoor air pollutants. For young children, classrooms are a major indoor environment where they spend approximately 90% of their daily active time in a day, as such indoor air quality become crucial. Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) have been linked to serious health issues. PM2.5 is a particulate matter which has an aerodynamic diameter of 2.5 or less and has the capacity to penetrate deep into the lungs, generated from transportation (Vehicular exhaust fumes, wear and tear of roads, brakes, and tyres) and industrial combustion processes such as cooking. It therefore becomes necessary to conduct a study on the atmospheric air condition of the indoor environment. The interaction between PM2.5 and meteorological parameters in schools is paramount as it plays a crucial role in air pollution analysis due to health implications on school children