Paper Title
Indoor Air Quality in Kuwaiti Homes Near Gasoline Stations
Abstract
Urbanization combined with a population increase of affluent societies has resulted in high pollution levels in
different localities in the state of Kuwait. As a result, many gasoline dispensing stations are built to serve the increasing
demand of consumers for fuel. Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) including BTEXs (benzene, toluene, ethyl benzene and
xylenes) were emitted from these stations and have intensely affected the neighbouring environment. Samples were collected
from houses and stations over one week. The aim of this paper is to measure the concentrations of these pollutants in
gasoline dispensing stations and in residential Kuwaiti homes surrounding the stations. Therefore, the most appropriate
mitigation methods are proposed to be implemented for healthy living. The results demonstrate that other sources of BTEXs
contribute to the emission from gasoline dispensing stations.
Keywords - Indoor, Air quality, BTEXs, environment, health risk.