scholarly journals Problems of monitoring indoor air pollution and control in slums of Rajpur-Sonarpur Municipality, South 24 Parganas, West Bengal-An appraisal

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 1012-1019
Author(s):  
Tapasi Das
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Indoor Air ◽  
Indoor Air Pollution ◽  
Total Population ◽  
Respiratory Illness ◽  
Health Hazards ◽  
Present Condition ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Slum Dwellers ◽  
And Control

Abstract: The slum dwellers suffer from a lot of problems in day to day life in terms of socio-cultural and economic environment. They can not avail proper education due to poor economic condition and uncertainty in livelihood and thus have to choose different indoor economic activities. As per 2011 census, the total population of Rajpur-Sonarpur Municipality is 424,368 with population density of 1574/Km2.The slum dwellers live overcrowding in lightless suffocating and unhygienic places and many of them suffer from poor indoor air quality (IAQ). As a result they have to face different health hazards like respiratory illness, lung disease, skin disease, eye dryness etc. In this paper, an enquiry has been conducted to highlight the present condition of indoor air pollution of the slum area of Rajpur-Sonarpur Municipality and also focus on the problems of monitoring indoor air pollution and its control. Keywords: health hazards, IAQ, suffocating and unhygienic places

scholarly journals Indoor Air Pollution due to Inadequate Ventilation and its Impact on Health among Children of Less Than Five Years in Eastern Nepal

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bijay Thapa ◽  
Nitendra Chaurasia
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Indoor Air ◽  
Indoor Air Pollution ◽  
Respiratory Illness ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Respiratory Problems ◽  
Inadequate Ventilation ◽  
Almost All

Introduction: According to WHO, half of the developing world’s population depend on biomass (wood, dung and agricultural residues) and coal for such basic needs as cooking and heating. The smoke produced from the burning of these solid fuels on open fires or traditional stoves is referred to as indoor air pollution. IAP increases the risk of COPD and of acute respiratory illness in childhood, the most important cause of death among children less than 5 years of age in developing countries. Objectives: To find out the prevalence of IAP in terms of housing, overcrowding & ventilation. To assess the frequency, extent of biomass exposure and hazards on child health. Materials and methods: The cross sectional study was carried out in the Urban area of Katahari V.D.C. 4,6,7,8 for the duration of 6 months from February to August 2013 among 200 households. Lottery method was used to choose the wards and households. Data were analyzed using percentages, proportions and statistical test (chi-square test). Results: Due to excessive production of smoke and inadequate ventilation/chimney in the kitchen, such houses showed more prevalence of respiratory problems. Fifty percent of children were ill more than four times and 46% were seen at least twice. Almost all of them had experienced respiratory problems and 20% children were diagnosed with pneumonia in health facilities and treated. Ill ventilated kitchen, rooms along with dampness and absence of day light were the main factors contributing to the diseases comprising of 56%. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jonmc.v3i1.10052 Journal of Nobel Medical College Vol.3(1) 2014; 35-39  

scholarly journals Clean lighting leads to decreased indoor air pollution and improved respiratory health in rural Uganda

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Viola N. Nyakato ◽  
Nicholas Mwine ◽  
Erez Lieberman Aiden ◽  
Aviva P. Aiden
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Indoor Air ◽  
Indoor Air Pollution ◽  
Developing World ◽  
Respiratory Health ◽  
Respiratory Illness ◽  
Smoke Exposure ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Significant Source ◽  
The Impact

AbstractExposure to smoke is a major cause of respiratory illness in the developing world. To date, cookstoves have been the most widely studied source of smoke exposure in developing countries. We hypothesized that exposure to kerosene lighting, utilized by 86% of rural off-the-grid communities in sub-Saharan Africa may also be a significant source of smoke exposure and may be responsible for respiratory pathology. We performed an interventional field trial including 230 people in rural Uganda to assess the impact of clean lighting on indoor air pollution and respiratory health. Each member of the study households were asked about their exposure to smoke, the types of lighting they used, and their recent history of respiratory symptoms. Next, we provided solar-powered lamps to households in the intervention group, and compared to households in the control group who continued to use kerosene lamps. We monitored indoor air quality in a subset of intervention and control households over a three-month period, and performed an exit survey to assess symptoms of respiratory illness in both groups. All of the households we surveyed were found to use kerosene lamps as their primary lighting source. We found that the average person was exposed to 3.3 hours of smoke from kerosene lamps, as compared to 44 minutes of exposure from cookstoves. Next, we found that average soot levels (elemental carbon) in intervention homes were 19-fold lower than soot levels in control homes. After three months, we observed reduced rates of all symptoms assessed, and significantly reduced risk of cough, sore throat, and overall illness in the intervention homes. Our findings demonstrate that kerosene lighting is a significant source of smoke exposure in the developing world, and that the introduction of clean lighting in homes reliant on kerosene lighting can have a rapid and significant impact on overall health.

Preliminary Research on the Detection and Control Technology of Indoor Air Pollution

2011 ◽  
Vol 183-185 ◽  
pp. 1238-1241
Author(s):  
Yang Wang ◽  
Jin Long Zuo ◽  
An Xi Jiang ◽  
Zui Liang Ma
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Air Quality ◽  
Indoor Air Quality ◽  
Indoor Air ◽  
Indoor Air Pollution ◽  
Guangdong Province ◽  
Control Technology ◽  
Work Efficiency ◽  
Preliminary Research ◽  
And Control

The indoor air quality influences human body’s comfort and health seriously, and polluted indoor air will not only affect human’s health, but also decrease people’s work efficiency, therefore, the detection and control technology of indoor air pollution is the focus and difficulty of scientific research now. This paper introduces the current main pollutant and their hazard of indoor air in China first, then takes the eight houses in a plot of Huizhou city, Guangdong province as examples, and studies their indoor air pollution condition and reason by detecting and analyzing their pollutant contents. At the same time, some effective measures of precaution and control on indoor air pollution in China are proposed in the end of this paper.

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