The potential health hazards of exposure to house dust come
either from particulate matters and adsorbed semivolatile
compounds, which become resuspended again. This research
aimed to study the loss on ignition (LOI)
of settled dust in two differ
ent houses in Homs city during a year,
The settled dust samples were collected by vacuum cleaner once a
week, Then the samples were sieved and the LOI values were
calculated.
The maximum and minimum values of LOI were obtained in
addition to monthly mean and median values.
Upon the results of this research some suggestions were made to
improve the public health.
