Household Air Pollution from Solid Fuel Use: Evidence for Links to
                        CVD

McCracken, John P.; Wellenius, Gregory A.; Bloomfield, Gerald S.; Brook, Robert D.; Tolunay, Hatice; Dockery, Douglas W.; Rabadan‐Diehl, Cristina; Checkley, William; Rajagopalan, Sanjay

doi:10.1016/j.gheart.2012.06.010

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“…Airborne particles arising from residential combustion have harmful effects on public health [9][10][11]. Some studies have been conducted to evaluate the toxicity and mutagenicity of particulate matter resulting from domestic biomass combustion [12][13][14].…”

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Emission of carbon monoxide, total hydrocarbons and particulate matter during wood combustion in a stove operating under distinct conditions

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Duarte

Calvo

et al. 2015

Fuel Processing Technology

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Wood combustion experiments were carried out to determine the effect of ignition technique, biomass load and cleavage, as well as secondary air supply, on carbon monoxide (CO), total hydrocarbon (THC), particulate matter (PM 10 ) and particle number emissions from a woodstove. Wood from two typical tree species in the Iberian Peninsula was selected: pine (Pinus pinaster) and beech (Fagus sylvatica). The highest CO and total hydrocarbon emission factors (EFs) were observed, respectively, for pine and beech, for high and low fuel loads. The highest PM 10 EF was recorded for the operation with low loads for both woods. Secondary air supply produced the lowest PM 10 emission factors. The top ignition can decrease the PM 10 EF to less than half when compared with the common technique of lighting from the bottom. The lowest particle number emission factors were observed when operating with high loads of split beech logs and when using secondary air supply during the combustion of pine. Regarding particle number distributions, the highest geometric mean diameter (Dg), for both woods, were observed when operating with high loads (with split and non-split wood).

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Emission of carbon monoxide, total hydrocarbons and particulate matter during wood combustion in a stove operating under distinct conditions

Vicente

Duarte

Calvo

et al. 2015

Fuel Processing Technology

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“…Finally, effects on systolic blood pressure were stronger among obese women in Nicaragua for both 48-hour indoor PM 2.5 and indoor CO (p-value for interaction=0.04 and 0.002, respectively) [44]. In addition to this compelling, initial evidence of differential susceptibility, further evaluation of other environmental, comorbid, social, and genetic factors will likely prove critical for determining an accurate picture of the magnitude of health effects due to household air pollution [19,45,46].…”

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“…Detailed descriptions of the systemic reviews and meta-analyses for each health endpoint considered were provided by Smith et al [3]. Additionally, convincing evidence exists for adverse cardiovascular-related endpoints [19], and information on the exposure-response function determined from other sources of combustion-related air pollution exposure (e.g., ambient air pollution, secondhand smoke, and active tobacco smoke) was extrapolated when developing the Comparative Risk Assessment for household air pollution and hard cardiovascular disease endpoints [3]. Emerging evidence also suggests associations with adverse pregnancy outcomes [20], tuberculosis [21][22][23], and cognitive impairment [24].…”

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Perspectives in Household Air Pollution Research: Who Will Benefit from Interventions?

Clark

Peel

2014

Curr Envir Health Rpt

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Household air pollution from solid fuel combustion in inefficient and poorly vented cookstoves is estimated to be responsible for 3.9 million premature deaths per year and 4.8 % of the global burden of disease, making it the third leading risk factor for morbidity and mortality worldwide. Despite increasing recognition surrounding this global environmental health problem, much remains to be elucidated regarding exposure response relationships, particularly among potentially susceptible population subgroups. Given that many of the communities most affected by household air pollution exposures also experience elevated exposures to poverty, psychosocial stressors, other environmental pollutants, and comorbid conditions, research needs to correctly specify risks due to these potentially interacting risk factors. Although suggestive evidence exists for differential improvements in health following reductions in ambient air pollution concentrations among specific subgroups, the question remains as to who will benefit and to what extent from efforts to reduce exposures to emissions from household solid fuel combustion. The ability to know what to expect from cookstove interventions and to accurately describe the presence of distinct subgroup responses is crucial to reduce uncertainty and to encourage policy makers to enact change.

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“…These studies find that livelihood can be improved and deforestation reduced. In all these studies the positive findings hinge upon the technical design that has to be in fact 2 Exposure to particulate matter induced by biomass cooking affects health in various ways and may lead to acute respiratory infections, stunted growth in children, pneumonia, chronic bronchitis in women, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), cataracts and other visual impairments, cardiovascular diseases, lung cancer, tuberculosis and perinatal diseases (see for example Po et al 2011, Ezzati and Kammen 2002, Amegah et al 2014, Dherani et al 2008, McCracken et al 2012, Hosgood et al 2010, Bruce et al 2013, or Smith et al 2014 improved. 3 Moreover, ICS have to be properly adopted and -if necessarymaintained by the users because the partial, diminishing or improper use of ICSs may entail little to no benefits, as it has been observed in Hanna et al (2016) or Usmani et al (2017).…”

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One-Off Subsidies and Long-Run Adoption Experimental Evidence on Improved Cooking Stoves in Senegal

Bensch

Peters

2017

SSRN Journal

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Household Air Pollution from Solid Fuel Use: Evidence for Links to CVD

Cited by 67 publications

References 76 publications

Emission of carbon monoxide, total hydrocarbons and particulate matter during wood combustion in a stove operating under distinct conditions

Emission of carbon monoxide, total hydrocarbons and particulate matter during wood combustion in a stove operating under distinct conditions

Perspectives in Household Air Pollution Research: Who Will Benefit from Interventions?

One-Off Subsidies and Long-Run Adoption Experimental Evidence on Improved Cooking Stoves in Senegal

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