Assessment of indoor SPM in kitchens of household using different modes of cooking in Jammu, India

Rampal, Raj Kumar; chib, Anjana

doi:10.36953/ecj.2013.14304

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“…Households with LPGinduction as cooking fuel and Modular Kitchen revealed PM1.0 and PM0.50 exhibited the trend Drawing room followed by Bedroom and lowest in the Kitchen whereas PM2.5 exhibited the trend Bedroom followed by Drawing room and lowest in the Kitchen and PM0.25 exhibited the trend Drawing room followed by Kitchen and lowest in the Bedroom in the overall study area (Table 6). Rampal and Chib (2013) while studying indoor suspended particulate matter (SPM) levels in kitchens of households using various cooking methods noticed that SPM levels were higher than the levels prescribed by CPCB (200 µg/m³) in all households. They also found that fuelwood using kitchens had the highest SPM (1435.54 ± 849.47µg/m³), followed by kitchens using kerosene oil (710.06 ± 180.37µg/m³), kitchens using LPG (376.79 ±140.98µg/m³) and kitchens using electric heater (262.08 ± 95.90µg/m³) as their mode of cooking.…”

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Status of particulate matter in the indoor air of residential units of Sunderbani area of Rajouri district (J&K), India

Sharma

Rampal

2023

ECJ

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Air pollution is currently the greatest environmental threat to human health and one of the fastest growing issues on the global health agenda. The extremely fine particulate matter (aerodynamic diameter < 2.5 microns) is of greatest concern because the particles can penetrate deep into human lungs and enter the bloodstream. The elderly, asthmatics and immune-deficient population are the most vulnerable with the increasing levels of particulate matter. The present study was conducted to assess the concentration of size-segregated Indoor Particulate Matter (PM2.5, PM1.0, PM0.50, PM0.25) in Sunderbani, Rajouri, J&K. The average values of PM2.5, PM1.0, PM0.50, and PM0.25 were reported as 110.36µg/m3, 180.50µg/m3, 276.99µg/m3 and 445.93µg/m3 respectively in the sampled households of the study area. The average value of PM2.5 in the study area was found to be above the permissible limits of 60µg/m3 given by central pollution control board (CPCB). This was the first study on concentration of size-segregated particulate matter in the indoor environment of study area and the data obtained from the study will serve as baseline data for future studies in the area.

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