Ka Mita ʻĀpana Ea

ʻO ka mea particulate (PM) kahi haumia ʻāpana, i hana ʻia ma nā ʻano he nui e hiki ke hoʻokaʻawale ʻia i loko o nā kaʻina hana mechanical a i ʻole kemika. Ma ke ʻano maʻamau, ua hoʻokaʻawale nā ​​​​ʻepekema kaiapuni i nā ʻāpana i ʻelua mau pūʻulu nui PM10 a me PM2.5.

ʻO ka PM10 he mau ʻāpana ma waena o 2.5 a me 10 microns (micrometers) ke anawaena (ʻo ka lauoho kanaka ma kahi o 60 micron ke anawaena). ʻO ka PM2.5 he mau ʻāpana liʻiliʻi ma mua o 2.5 microns. He ʻokoʻa nā ʻano mea o ka PM2.5 a me ka PM10 a hiki ke hele mai mai nā wahi like ʻole. ʻO ka liʻiliʻi o ka ʻāpana, ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi o kona hiki ke waiho ʻia i ka lewa ma mua o ka noho ʻana. Hiki i ka PM2.5 ke noho i ka lewa mai nā hola a i nā pule a hele i nā wahi lōʻihi loa no ka mea he liʻiliʻi a māmā hoʻi.

Hiki i ka PM2.5 ke iho i loko o nā ʻāpana hohonu loa (alveolar) o nā māmā ke hana ʻia ka hoʻololi kinoea ma waena o ka ea a me kou kahawai koko. ʻO kēia nā ʻāpana weliweli loa no ka mea ʻaʻohe ala kūpono o ka ʻāpana alveolar o nā māmā e wehe ai iā lākou a inā he wai ka wai o nā ʻāpana, hiki iā lākou ke hele i loko o ke kahawai koko i loko o nā minuke. Inā ʻaʻole lākou e wai ka wai, noho lākou i loko o ka ʻāpana alveolar o nā māmā no ka manawa lōʻihi. Ke komo hohonu nā ʻāpana liʻiliʻi i loko o nā māmā a paʻa i kēia hiki ke hopena i ka maʻi māmā, emphysema a/a i ʻole ke kanesa māmā i kekahi mau hihia.

ʻO nā hopena nui e pili ana i ka ʻike ʻia ʻana i nā mea ʻāpana liʻiliʻi e komo pū ana me: ka make ʻana ma mua o ka manawa, ka hoʻonui ʻia ʻana o nā maʻi hanu a me nā maʻi cardiovascular (i hōʻike ʻia e ka hoʻonui ʻia ʻana o nā komo ʻana i ka haukapila a me nā kipa ʻana i nā lumi pilikia, nā haʻalele ʻana i ke kula, ka nalowale ʻana o nā lā hana, a me nā lā hana i kaupalena ʻia) ka hoʻonui ʻia ʻana o ka hānō, nā hōʻailona hanu ʻoi, ka bronchitis mau, ka emi ʻana o ka hana māmā a me ka hoʻonui ʻia ʻana o ka myocardial infarction.

Nui nā ʻano mea haumia particulate i loko o ko kākou mau home a me nā keʻena. ʻO nā mea mai waho e komo pū me nā kumu ʻoihana, nā kahua kūkulu, nā kumu kuni, ka pollen, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe he nui. Hoʻopuka ʻia nā ʻāpana e nā ʻano hana maʻamau o loko mai ka kuke ʻana, ka hele ʻana ma luna o ke kāpeti, kāu mau holoholona, ​​​​ka sofa a i ʻole nā ​​​​moena, nā ea hoʻoluʻu a pēlā aku. Hiki i kēlā me kēia neʻe a i ʻole ka haʻalulu ke hana i nā ʻāpana ea!