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Mitigating household air pollution exposure through kitchen renovation
| العنوان: | Mitigating household air pollution exposure through kitchen renovation |
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| المؤلفون: | Yatai Men, Ke Jiang, Yaoji Li, Ran Xing, Zhihan Luo, Tianyao Huang, Shuyu Ou'yang, Wei Du, Yuanchen Chen, Guofeng Shen |
| المصدر: | Environmental Science and Ecotechnology, Vol 23, Iss , Pp 100501- (2025) |
| بيانات النشر: | Elsevier, 2025. |
| سنة النشر: | 2025 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Environmental sciences LCC:Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Separating kitchen, Mechanical ventilation, Household air pollution, Health benefits, Environmental sciences, GE1-350, Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering, TD1-1066 |
| الوصف: | Globally, over three billion people rely on traditional solid fuels for cooking and heating, leading to significant household air pollution and critical public health concerns. While transitioning to clean energy carriers faces challenges of accessibility and affordability—especially among low-income, rural populations—alternative strategies like kitchen layout modifications and the use of ventilation fans may effectively reduce exposure to pollutants. Here, we analyze factors influencing the adoption of separated kitchens and mechanical ventilation and evaluate changes in human exposure to PM2.5 under different kitchen renovation scenarios by conducting a nationwide survey of household kitchen characteristics in rural China. We found that although 82% of rural households have kitchens separated from other rooms, only 34% use mechanical ventilation. The adoption of ventilation fans is significantly influenced by income and education levels. We estimate that widespread implementation of ventilation fans and separated kitchen designs could prevent approximately 67400 premature deaths annually, resulting in a health benefit of about USD 19 billion per year—substantially exceeding the costs involved. These findings suggest that cost-effective kitchen renovations offer enormous potential for substantial health benefits and present a practical solution compared to the challenges of clean energy transitions in rural areas. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 2666-4984 |
| Relation: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666498424001157; https://doaj.org/toc/2666-4984 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ese.2024.100501 |
| URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/2d347cfebcd145a89146e4cd49929477 |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsdoj.2d347cfebcd145a89146e4cd49929477 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 26664984 |
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| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ese.2024.100501 |