Identification

Title

Indoor particulate matter study (PM10, PM2.5, vacuum dust) at residential homes in North-East England using a citizen-led sampling approach (NERC Grant NE/T004401/1)

Abstract

A dataset of airborne particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5) readings (every 3 minutes) collected by participating households in Northeast England in their kitchens and living rooms over the course of one week, along with data from a linked questionnaire survey and metal(oid)s data from a corresponding household vacuum dust sample collected by the study participant. Matched air monitoring and dust sample collection took place between June 2020 and August 2021. We increasingly spend time indoors and household air pollution results in an estimated 4.25 million premature deaths globally each year. The majority of these deaths are associated with fine particulate matter (PM), or dust. Exposure to PM can initiate or enhance disease in humans, yet the nature of the hazard that house dust presents remains poorly characterized. The data was collected to provide concentrations of PM2.5 and PM10 in a range of Northeast England households and concentrations of metal(oid)s in their house dust. It will be of interest to those interested in human exposure to potentially toxic elements and environmental health. We used factory calibrated Aeroqual 500 units for PM monitoring. Metal(oid)s data were generated using a SPECTROSCOUT X-Ray fluorescence spectrometer on the <250um sieved fraction of household vacuum dust. This dataset was part of NERC Grant NE/T004401/1.

Resource type

nonGeographicDataset

Resource locator

https://webapps.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/accessions/index.html#item168129

name: Data

function: download

Unique resource identifier

code

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13607806

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

geoscientificInformation

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Keyword set

keyword value

NGDC Deposited Data

Air quality

Particulate matter

Trace elements

X ray fluorescence spectroscopy

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2022

Keyword set

keyword value

Keyword set

keyword value

NERC_DDC

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

East bounding longitude

North bounding latitude

South bounding latitude

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2020-06-14

End position

2021-06-01

Dataset reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2021-09-10

Frequency of update

notApplicable

Quality and validity

Lineage

Factory calibrated Aeroqual units were used for PM monitoring. The sensors use laser particle counter technology. They do not have temperature or relative humidity measurement or a heated inlet. At calibration the min. detection limit is reported as 1 ug/m3, accuracy +/- (2 ug/m3 +15% of reading), resolution 1 ug/m3, and response time 5 seconds. Simultaneous data are not always available for both rooms due to stored data being overwritten or logging error. A SPECTROSCOUT XRF on <250um fraction of participant collected household vacuum dust was used for elemental data. SRMs were assessed, and an in-house calibration factor was utilised to optimise performance. Each sample pellet was analysed in duplicate or triplicate, for 700 seconds. The data reported are the resultant mean data for each analysed pellet.

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2011

degree

false

explanation

See the referenced specification

Conformity report

specification

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-12-08

degree

false

explanation

See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF

Data format

name of format

MS Excel

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

The copyright of materials derived from the British Geological Survey's work is vested in the Natural Environment Research Council [NERC]. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the prior permission of the copyright holder, via the BGS Intellectual Property Rights Manager. Use by customers of information provided by the BGS, is at the customer's own risk. In view of the disparate sources of information at BGS's disposal, including such material donated to BGS, that BGS accepts in good faith as being accurate, the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the quality or accuracy of the information supplied, or to the information's suitability for any use. NERC/BGS accepts no liability whatever in respect of loss, damage, injury or other occurence however caused.

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

Northumbria University

full postal address

Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Ellison Building

Newcastle upon Tyne

NE1 8ST

email address

not available

responsible party role

originator

Responsible party

organisation name

Northumbria University

full postal address

Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Ellison Building

Newcastle upon Tyne

NE1 8ST

email address

not available

responsible party role

principalInvestigator

Responsible party

organisation name

British Geological Survey

email address

not available

responsible party role

distributor

Responsible party

organisation name

British Geological Survey

email address

not available

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

British Geological Survey

full postal address

Environmental Science Centre,Keyworth

NOTTINGHAM

NG12 5GG

United Kingdom

telephone number

+44 115 936 3100

email address

enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2025-03-26

Metadata language