Pregnant Women’s Exposure to Household Air Pollution in Rural Bangladesh

A Feasibility Study for Poriborton: The CHANge Trial

Datos Bibliográficos

ID15464809
AutoresJonathan Thornburg (0000-0001-6096-8265, RTI International, autor de correspondencia), Sajia Islam (0000-0003-1856-1001, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research), Sk Masum Billah (0000-0002-8690-6932, The University of Sydney), Brianna Chan (0000-0003-2560-5973, RTI International), Michelle McCombs (0000-0003-0074-0837, RTI International), Maggie Abbott (RTI International), Ashraful Alam (0000-0001-7034-1095, The University of Sydney), Camille Raynes-Greenow (0000-0002-8802-6226, The University of Sydney)
Año2022
Volumen19
Número1
Páginas482-482
Fecha de publicación2022-01-02
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
EditorialMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph19010482
PMID35010741
OpenAlexW4205800361
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas16

The use of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) for cooking is a strategy to reduce household air pollution (HAP) exposure and improve health. We conducted this feasibility study to evaluate personal exposure measurement methods to representatively assess reductions in HAP exposure. We enrolled 30 pregnant women to wear a MicroPEM for 24 h to assess their HAP exposure when cooking with a traditional stove (baseline) and with an LPG stove (intervention). The women wore the MicroPEM an average of 77% and 69% of the time during the baseline and intervention phases, respectively. Mean gravimetric PM 2.5 mass and black carbon concentrations were comparable during baseline and intervention. Temporal analysis of the MicroPEM nephelometer data identified high PM 2.5 concentrations in the afternoon, late evening, and overnight during the intervention phase. Likely seasonal sources present during the intervention phase were emissions from brick kiln and rice parboiling facilities, and evening kerosene lamp and mosquito coil use. Mean background adjusted PM 2.5 concentrations during cooking were lower during intervention at 71 μg/m 3 , versus 105 μg/m 3 during baseline. Representative real-time personal PM 2.5 concentration measurements supplemented with ambient PM 2.5 measures and surveys will be a valuable tool to disentangle external sources of PM 2.5 , other indoor HAP sources, and fuel-sparing behaviors when assessing the HAP reduction due to intervention with LPG stoves

Air pollution · Environmental health · Evening · Kerosene · Liquefied petroleum gas · Smoke · Stove · Waste management · Air Quality and Health Impacts · Chemistry · Energy and Environment Impacts · Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies · Engineering · Environmental Science · Medicine · Toxicology