The effect of national protest in Ecuador on PM pollution

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 11; no. 1; pp. 17591 - 12
• Main Authors: Zalakeviciute, Rasa, Alexandrino, Katiuska, Mejia, Danilo, Bastidas, Marco G., Oleas, Nora H., Gabela, Diana, Chau, Phuong Ngoc, Bonilla-Bedoya, Santiago, Diaz, Valeria, Rybarczyk, Yves
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 02.09.2021; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 639/166; 704/172; Air pollution; Air quality; Analytical chemistry; Burning; Chemical analysis; Chemical elements; Chromium; Copper; Demonstrations & protests; Emissions; Heavy metals; Housing; Human populations; Humanities and Social Sciences; Learning algorithms; Machine learning; multidisciplinary; Outdoor air quality; Paralysis; Particulate matter; Particulate pollution; Pollutants; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); VOCs; Volatile organic compounds; Ecuador

Particulate matter (PM) accounts for millions of premature deaths in the human population every year. Due to social and economic inequality, growing human dissatisfaction manifests in waves of strikes and protests all over the world, causing paralysis of institutions, services and circulation of tra...