The INGENIOUS project: towards understanding air pollution in homes

2025/01/01 by Nicola Carslaw, Jennifer Aghaji, Sri Hapsari Budisulistiorini +27 · 1 voice
Environmental Science · Health Professions · #Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting #Air Quality and Health Impacts #Noise Effects and Management

paper · pdf · doi:10.1039/d4em00634h

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Abstract

were frequently observed across all seasons, and were driven by cooking. Cooking activities also generated high concentrations of volatile organic compounds during emissions measurements, such as harmful aldehydes (up to ∼50 ppb), and alcohols (up to ∼600 ppb) from a chicken stir-fry. Our sampled homes displayed a wide variation in indoor pollutant concentrations, with a strong link to behaviour, including frequency and type of cooking activities, and use of ventilation.

Citations

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• Check out an overview of the INGENIOUS study, which measured indoor air pollutants in 310 homes in Bradford in the UK. Cooking produced high concentrations of PM2.5 in the sampled homes. The paper dis [bsky, 1 points, 0 comments]

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