AIR QUALITY AND ITS EFFECTS ON HUMAN HABITATIONG. DILEEP, VISWANADHA KUMAR GIDUTHURI AND M. VIJAYA RATNAAbstract Hazardous chemicals and air pollutants escape to the environment by natural or anthropogenicactivities from various sources and it may cause adverse effects on human health and thesurrounding environment within the vicinity. Air pollution is one of the most serious problemsfacing humanity today. Air pollution causes serious health impacts on people and also a threat tobiodiversity. Air pollution levels can be determined by calculating the quality of air pollutants in the atmosphere of the given site/ settlement area by using air quality Exceedance Factor. The airquality with respective to the presence of air pollutants like SO2, NO2, RSPM (PM10)and its impactson human habitation was studied in Gnanapuram residential area of Visakhapatnam and suggestednecessary mitigation measures to control pollution levels that are dangerous and hazardous tohuman health.
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