Spatiotemporal variability in the oxidative potential of ambient fine particulate matter in the Midwestern United States

Yu, Haoran; Puthussery, Joseph Varghese; Wang, Yixiang; Verma, Vishal

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-16363-2021

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Spatiotemporal variability in the oxidative potential of ambient fine particulate matter in the Midwestern United States

Haoran Yu, Joseph Varghese Puthussery, Yixiang Wang, and Vishal Verma

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We assessed the oxidative potential (OP) of ambient PM_2.5 collected from many sites in the US Midwest through multiple acellular endpoints. Compared to homogeneously distributed PM_2.5, OP showed higher spatiotemporal variation. Poor correlations for the regression between mass and OP indicated a limited role of mass in determining the OP. Moreover, weak correlations among different OP endpoints justify the need for using multiple assays to determine oxidative levels of particles.