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Daily average exposures to carbon monoxide from combustion of biomass fuels in rural households of Haryana, India

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  • Sneha Gautam

    (Marwadi University
    The INCLEN Trust International)

  • Ajay Pillarisetti

    (University of California, Berkeley)

  • Ankit Yadav

    (The INCLEN Trust International)

  • Deepak Singh

    (Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur)

  • Narendra Arora

    (The INCLEN Trust International)

  • Kirk Smith

    (University of California, Berkeley)

Abstract

Exposure to harmful by-products of combustion arising from the use of biomass fuels for cooking and heating in rural areas of developing countries results in poor air quality and is responsible for millions of deaths yearly. Little formal quantification and measurement of carbon monoxide (CO), one of these harmful air pollutants, have been performed in rural areas of North India. In the current study, we measured exposure to CO from cooking and heating in seven households using biomass and liquid petroleum gas (LPG) in open and closed kitchens. Exposures to CO ranged from 4.81 to 7.01, 0.20 to 1.81, and 0.02 to 0.75 mg m−3 for households cooking with biomass, cooking with LPG, and for households in which no cooking occurred, respectively. It was observed that the CO concentration in biomass-only households is much higher (78%) than in LPG-only households (14%). We found exposures in closed kitchens approximately two times higher than in open kitchens. Location of the kitchen (i.e., open vs. closed) was the most important determinant of exposure of primary cooks to CO in this geography.

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  • Sneha Gautam & Ajay Pillarisetti & Ankit Yadav & Deepak Singh & Narendra Arora & Kirk Smith, 2019. "Daily average exposures to carbon monoxide from combustion of biomass fuels in rural households of Haryana, India," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 21(5), pages 2567-2575, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:endesu:v:21:y:2019:i:5:d:10.1007_s10668-018-0131-1
    DOI: 10.1007/s10668-018-0131-1
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    1. Muhammad Usman & Muhammad Ammar & Muddassir Ali & Muhammad Zafar & Muhammad Zeeshan, 2023. "Emissions and efficiency of an improved conventional liquefied petroleum gas cookstoves in Pakistan," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 25(6), pages 5427-5442, June.
    2. Nikolaos Savvakis & Stavroula Tournaki & Dimitra Tarasi & Nikos Kallergis & Tryfon Daras & Theocharis Tsoutsos, 2022. "Environmental effects from the use of traditional biomass for heating in rural areas: a case study of Anogeia, Crete," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 24(4), pages 5473-5495, April.

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