STRATEGIC CONSIDERATIONS FOR LEAD POLLUTION-CONTROL IN KANPUR CITY

This paper deals with the lead pollution control strategies in the per spective of ambient pollution profile for the year 1991-92. Lead is mo nitored in ambient air for Kanpur at three locations : industrial, com mercial and residential, deploying atomic absorption spectrophotometry . The ambient lead level for a typical inland industrial/commercial ci ty is discussed here based on seasonal variations, monthly averages, a nnual means and source profile. The results project that the gasoline based autoexhaust is the predominant source for lead pollution in Kanp ur city.