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    Particulate matter includes dust, dirt, soot, smoke, and liquid droplets less than 10 micrometers in diameter (PM10) or 2.5 micrometers in diameter (PM2.5). Sources of large particulate matter concentrations include diesel vehicles, waste and crop burning, and coal-fired power plants. PM2.5 poses the greatest health risks as the fine particles can lodge deeply in the lungs and are associated with respiratory infections, heart and lung disease, stroke, and lung cancer.

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    Particulate matter includes dust, dirt, soot, smoke, and liquid droplets less than 10 micrometers in diameter (PM10) or 2.5 micrometers in diameter (PM2.5). Sources of large particulate matter concentrations include diesel vehicles, waste and crop burning, and coal-fired power plants. PM2.5 poses the greatest health risks as the fine particles can lodge deeply in the lungs and are associated with respiratory infections, heart and lung disease, stroke, and lung cancer.

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    Particulate Matter Pm10 and Pm2.5:: Consequences On Health

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    Particulate matter includes dust, dirt, soot, smoke, and liquid droplets less than 10 micrometers in diameter (PM10) or 2.5 micrometers in diameter (PM2.5). Sources of large particulate matter concentrations include diesel vehicles, waste and crop burning, and coal-fired power plants. PM2.5 poses the greatest health risks as the fine particles can lodge deeply in the lungs and are associated with respiratory infections, heart and lung disease, stroke, and lung cancer.

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    PARTICULATE MATTER PM10 AND PM2.

    5:
    Dust, dirt, soot, smoke, and liquid droplets.
    Large concentrations of particulate matter are typically emitted by sources such as diesel
    vehicles, waste and crop burning, and coal-fired power plants. 

    PM10 PM2.5

    · Particles less than 10 · Particles less than 2.5 micrometers in


    micrometers in diameter. diameter, are referred as "fine particles".
    · They can be inhaled into · Pose the greatest health risks because
    and accumulate in the they can lodge deeply into the lungs.
    respiratory system.

    CONSEQUENCES ON HEALTH

    RESPIRATORY HEART STROKE LUNG


    INFECTIONS DISEASE CANCER

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