Air pollution can also be created inside the house, finds a new study. Relatively short-lasting wood and candle burning of a few hours increased residents' daily exposure to potentially hazardous particulate air pollution.
Making Toast Could Contribute to More Air Pollution: Study
Making a simple breakfast toast can expose people to high levels of indoor air pollution than traffic fumes, finds a new study.
Making a simple breakfast toast can expose people to high levels of indoor air pollution than traffic fumes, finds a new study.
‘Ample burning of wood in small-scale room heaters and sauna stoves is likely to increase chronic personal exposures in the neighborhood to particulate matter that contains substantial amounts of soot and hazardous organic compounds like polycyclic organic hydrocarbons.’
"Ample burning of wood in small-scale room heaters and sauna stoves is likely to increase chronic personal exposures in the neighborhood to particulate matter that contains substantial amounts of soot and hazardous organic compounds like polycyclic organic hydrocarbons. This exposure does not take place only while staying outdoors but also indoors at home due to the effective passage of the small particles through the building shield," the authors wrote. "Part of the emissions adding this type of hazardous exposure among residents, also including susceptible population groups, originates directly from the personal use of a wood-fired room heater or sauna stove. Insufficient natural ventilation in older houses further elevates the indoor levels of the hazardous particles."
Source-Eurekalert
Household Tasks: Hidden Source of Air Pollution
Cooking, cleaning and other routine household activities generate significant levels of volatile and particulate chemicals inside the average home, leading to indoor air quality levels on par with a polluted major city.
Cooking, cleaning and other routine household activities generate significant levels of volatile and particulate chemicals inside the average home, leading to indoor air quality levels on par with a polluted major city.
Dramatic Drop in China's Air Pollution Raises Life Expectancy
Significant drop in China's air pollution level increases their citizen's life expectancy, finds a new study.
Significant drop in China's air pollution level increases their citizen's life expectancy, finds a new study.
Should Insurance Cover Deaths Caused By Air Pollution?
Air pollution might be responsible for serious deaths such as that caused tobacco say the statistics.
Air pollution might be responsible for serious deaths such as that caused tobacco say the statistics.
