Profile
Nationality : Bangladeshi
Keywords : Pollution, Toxic elements, Dust, Lockdown
Research advisor : Prof. Qingyue Wang
Why I entered GSC program
Air pollution in Bangladesh is a serious concern due to its detrimental impacts. It is the byproduct of the development of civilization and in fact a price for the progress. Severe air pollution is threatening human health, ecosystems and economic growth of our country. Street dust seems to be one of the main air-quality problems in atmospheric environment and it has become a growing concern in recent years. It contains toxic elements, a variety of organic pollutants and other emerging contaminants which are generated from traffic, industrial, domestic, plant emissions etc. Recently, like other countries, corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) forced to lock down industries, mass transportation, and other anthropogenic activities in Bangladesh. Hence, it is assumed that the complete or partial lockdown may result in improved air quality, as it is correlated with the amount of emissions. That’s why I am interested to investigate the pollution situation under complete and partial lockdown causing through urban street dust and their impacts on human health. This research is conducting by the support of Green and Sustainable Chemical Technologies (GSC) Program and findings can contribute to the global environmental issues specially in Bangladesh.
Research title
Pollution characteristics, source apportionment and health risk of potentially toxic elements of street dust during COVID-19 lockdown from metropolitan area of Dhaka city, Bangladesh
Research abstract
This research will assess the toxic elements, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, water soluble ion, health risk and sources of street dust during partial and complete lockdown in capital city (Dhaka) of Bangladesh. The collected street dust samples will be separated by six different particle sizes (< 20 μm, 20-32μm, 32-75μm, 75-150μm, 150-250μm and>250μm). Recent very few researches have focused on the detection of heavy metals in street dust but rare in Bangladesh. My research focus is to understand the impacts of different pollutants and sources of street dust under lockdown situation of Bangladesh. This research results will be very helpful to take actions for the authority.
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