Chungnam, Focused Air Quality Investigation in Seosan and Dangjin Industrial Complexes

[Asia Economy (Hongseong) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] The Chungnam Provincial Institute of Health and Environment announced on the 30th that it has established and is operating a "three-dimensional monitoring system for hazardous air pollutants" around the industrial complexes in the Seosan and Dangjin areas.

The three-dimensional monitoring is conducted by simultaneously monitoring from the ground and the air using hazardous air monitoring stations and a mobile hazardous air monitoring system (SIFT-MS·drone).

The hazardous air monitoring stations are installed in Gieun-ri and Daejuk-ri, Daesan-eup, and continuously analyze 16 types of substances including benzene.

The hazardous air monitoring system is equipment mounted on a vehicle with a selective ion flow tube mass spectrometer, which measures in real-time about 50 types of odor and hazardous air pollutants while moving the equipment.

Additionally, drones are used to measure fine dust in the air and collect samples for analysis, enabling three-dimensional analysis.

According to the Provincial Institute of Health and Environment, there have been various leakage accidents involving hazardous chemicals and odor-causing substances in the Seosan Daesan petrochemical complex and the Dangjin steel industrial complex.

In response, the institute established a dedicated local department, the Northwest Air Analysis Team, to conduct special close monitoring.

A representative of the Provincial Institute of Health and Environment stated, “We will continuously provide analysis data to related organizations and nearby residents and gradually expand the investigation areas based on the analysis results. Through the three-dimensional monitoring system, we will strengthen the role of the dedicated local department and lead efforts to protect residents' health and improve air quality.”

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