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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Indoor Air. 2022 Jun;32(6):e13060. doi: 10.1111/ina.13060

TABLE 4.

Days with Indoor and Outdoor PM2.5 Above EPA NAAQS and WHO 24 h Standards

Outdoor PM2.5
Indoor PM2.5
Sampling days Days with PM2.5 > 35 μg/m3, n (%) Sampling days Days with PM2.5 > 35 μg/m3, n (%)
All facilities 1249 53 (4.2) 1326 28 (2.1)
Wildfire season 491 52 (10.6) 478 28 (5.9)
Non-wildfire season 758 1 (0.1) 848 0 (0)
Facility 1 331 22 (6.6) 322 5 (1.6)
Facility 2 329 18 (5.5) 332 15 (4.5)
Facility 3 313 5 (1.6) 336 1 (0.3)
Facility 4 276 8 (2.9) 336 7 (2.1)
Sampling days Days with PM2.5 > 25 μg/m3, n (%) Sampling days Days with PM2.5 > 25 μg/m3, n (%)
All facilities 1249 81 (6.5) 1326 37 (2.8)
Wildfire season 491 76 (15.5) 478 37 (7.7)
Non-wildfire season 758 5 (0.7) 848 0 (0)
Facility 1 331 29 (8.8) 322 10 (3.1)
Facility 2 329 25 (7.6) 332 18 (5.4)
Facility 3 313 14 (4.5) 336 1 (0.3)
Facility 4 276 13 (4.7) 336 8 (2.4)

Abbreviations: EPA NAAQS, United States Environmental Protection Agency National Ambient Air Quality Standard (35 μg/m3 of PM2.5 for a 24 h period); Wildfire Season, July through October; PM2.5, fine particulate matter; WHO, World Health Organization (standard is 25 μg/m3 of PM2.5 for a 24 h period) Only sampling days with >12 h of hourly data are included in the table.