Indoor Air Pollution in Rural China: Cooking Fuels, Stoves, and Health Status

Peabody, John; Riddell, Travis J.; Smith, Kirk R.; Liu, Yaping; Zhao, Yanyun; Gong, Jicheng; Milet, Meredith; Sinton, Jonathan E.

doi:10.3200/aeoh.60.2.86-95

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“…WHO (2002) also reported 2.2-2.5 million annual deaths in developing countries due to indoor air pollution caused by ignition of rural sources of energy. Indoor pollution in developing countries has been gaining more attention recently (Balkrishnan et al 2002;Smith and Mehta 2003;Bhargava et al 2004;Smith et al 2004;Peabody et al 2005;Naeher et al 2007). Studies on health impact of indoor air pollution show prevalence of respiratory diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, chronic bronchitis, and acute respiratory infections in all sexes and age groups (WHO Europe 1997;Robin et al 1996;Smith et al 2000).…”

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Indoor exposure to respirable particulate matter and particulate-phase PAHs in rural homes in North India

Ansari

Khan

Patel

et al. 2009

Environ Monit Assess

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In order to evaluate the exposure of the northern India rural population to polyaromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) inhalation, indoor pollution was assessed by collecting and analyzing the respirable particulate matter PM2.5 and PM10 in several homes of the village Bhithauli near Lucknow, UP. The home selection was determined by a survey. Given the nature of biomass used for cooking, homes were divided into two groups, one using all kinds of biomass and the second type using plant materials only. Indoor mean concentrations of PM2.5 and associated PAHs during cooking ranged from 1.19±0.29 to 2.38±0.35 and 6.21±1.54 to 12.43±1.15 μg/m3, respectively. Similarly, PM10 and total PAHs were in the range of 3.95±1.21 to 8.81±0.78 and 7.75±1.42 to 15.77±1.05 μg/m3, respectively. The pollutant levels during cooking were significantly higher compared to the noncooking period. The study confirmed that indoor pollution depends on the kind of biomass fuel used for cooking.

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Indoor exposure to respirable particulate matter and particulate-phase PAHs in rural homes in North India

Ansari

Khan

Patel

et al. 2009

Environ Monit Assess

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“…As a result, HAP associated with solid fuels is estimated to be the largest single environmental risk contributor and ranks sixth among all risk factors examined for bad health in China [6], resulting in over half a million premature deaths annually [7]. At the same time, although a relatively large body of epidemiological and environmental literature examines the effects of HAP on health in parts of China [6,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15], no studies assess this risk using nationally representative data and a longitudinal setting. Consequently, the evidence on HAP and health in China as a whole is scant, often narrowly focused (i.e., on certain provinces or cities) and usually based on cross-sectional analyses with limited generalizability and little ability to address confounders.…”

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Fuel for Life: Domestic Cooking Fuels and Women’s Health in Rural China

Wang

Sousa‐Poza

Xue

2016

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Background: There is evidence that household air pollution is associated with poor health in China, and that this form of air pollution may even be more of a health concern in China than the much-publicized outdoor air pollution. However, there is little empirical evidence on the relationship between household air pollution and health in China based on nationally representative and longitudinal data. This study examines the association between the type of domestic cooking fuel and the health of women aged ≥16 in rural China. Methods: Using longitudinal and biomarker data from the China Family Panel Studies (n = 12,901) and the China Health and Nutrition Survey (n = 15,539), we investigate the impact of three major domestic cooking fuels (wood/straw, coal, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)) on health status using both cross-sectional and panel approaches. Results: Compared to women whose households cook with dirty fuels like wood/straw, women whose households cook with cleaner fuels like LPG have a significantly lower probability of chronic or acute diseases and are more likely to report better health. Cooking with domestic coal instead of wood or straw is also associated with elevated levels of having certain risks (such as systolic blood pressure) related to cardiovascular diseases. Conclusions: Our study provides evidence that using cleaner fuels like LPG is associated with better health among women in rural China, suggesting that the shift from dirty fuels to cleaner choices may be associated with improved health outcomes.

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“…Consequently, Chinese people suffer severe health problems from air pollution. [2] It was reported that in China, infection of the lower respiratory tract ranked 8 among the 10 leading causes of death, accounting for 3% of total mortality, while indoor and outdoor air pollution ranked 4 and 7 respectively in 2001. [3] The total contribution of air pollution to the deaths was as high as 8.4%.…”

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Airborne particulates and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in ambient air in Donghe, Northern China

Wang

Tao

Wang

et al. 2009

Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A

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Five sets of size-fractionated particles were collected in a northern China village in various seasons in order to measure respirable airborne particulates (PM10) and particulate phase polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in ambient air. The time-weighted annual mean concentration and standard deviation of PM10 were 358 +/- 107 microg/m3, higher than both the national standard (100 microg/m3) and the levels observed in several contaminated northern Chinese cities. In addition to high levels of PAHs (391 +/- 487 ng/m3), the fraction of higher molecular weight PAHs was higher than most reported in the literature, and the time-weighted annual mean benzo(a)pyrene equivalent concentration was 44.2 +/- 51.4 ng/m3, more than four times the national standard of 10 ng/m3 and 44 times the WHO guideline of 1 ng/m3. Apparently, residents in Donghe suffer from exposure to high levels of both PM10 and particulate phase PAHs. The particle size distribution was centered in the range of Dp < or = 3.3 microm in winter and shifted to the ranges of Dp < or = 2.1 microm and 5.8 microm < Dp < 10 microm in spring and summer respectively. Approximately 90.0% of PAHs were associated with airborne particulates with Dp < or = 2.1 microm.

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Indoor Air Pollution in Rural China: Cooking Fuels, Stoves, and Health Status

Cited by 66 publications

References 3 publications

Indoor exposure to respirable particulate matter and particulate-phase PAHs in rural homes in North India

Indoor exposure to respirable particulate matter and particulate-phase PAHs in rural homes in North India

Fuel for Life: Domestic Cooking Fuels and Women’s Health in Rural China

Airborne particulates and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in ambient air in Donghe, Northern China

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