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Air of Uncertainty from Pollution Profiteers: Status of Ambient Air Quality of Sawmill Industry in Ilorin Metropolis, Kwara State, Nigeria

Research Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences | Vol 1, Issue 1

Table 3. Comparison of the air quality parametersin the study area of Kwara State (Temperature, RH, VOC, CO, O₂ and PM_2.5).

S/N	Locations	Temperature (°C)	RH	VOC (ppm)	CO (ppm)	O₂	PM_2.5 (ug/m³)
1	Asadam	23.88±1.25^a	42.65±5.11^a	15.05±10.08^b	0.00±0.00^a	20.90±0.05^a	54.00±12.08^a
2	Karisunu	28.29±2.45^b	40.87±4.24^a	0.29±0.18^a	7.71±5.65^b	20.84±0.05^a	75.29±15.17^a
3	IbudoOsho	28.00±1.29^b	43.54±4.80^a	0.30±0.23^a	8.00±7.42^b	20.87±0.05^a	204.95±353.58^a
4	Irewolede	27.67±1.21^b	41.15±4.65^a	18.70±10.08^b	1.17±2.86^a	20.88±0.08^a	66.83±12.11^a
5	Oluwaseun	27.13±1.96^b	45.81±4.78^a	0.23±0.05^a	2.91±8.12^a	20.86±0.07^a	42.60±29.59^a
6	OdoOkun	43.46±2.84^c	44.08±5.33^a	0.47±1.34^a	4.17±6.69^b	20.81±0.14^a	104.42±91.99^a
7	Eyenkorin	22.00±1.26^a	44.60±4.28^a	0.22±0.08^a	13.17±6.46^c	20.77±0.10^a	93.00±4.73^a
8	IrelopeOjaOke	22.00±1.00^a	40.23±4.72^a	0.20±0.01^a	16.00±0.00^c	20.73±0.21^a	89.67±2.08^a
9	Oluwaniagbaraemimi	24.00±1.41^a	44.60±4.28^a	19.20±9.79^b	0.00±0.00^a	20.95±0.08^a	56.17±15.88^a
10	OluwoyeAmoyo	23.83±1.33^a	47.03±4.50^a	0.21±0.02^a	6.33±9.81^b	20.88±0.04^a	69.33±17.52^a
11	AkereBiata	24.33±1.03^a	41.12±4.59^a	0.40±0.21^a	8.83±4.54^b	20.88±0.04^a	151.67±76.19^a

Similar superscript means not significantly different (p>0.05), different superscript means signifi-cantly different (p<0.05).