Article
Environmental Sciences
Bodie Cabiyo, Isha Ray, David Levine
Summary: Research conducted in Mulbagal, Karnataka reveals that respondents perceive the main value of LPG to be saving time rather than improving health. Gender norms and affordability challenges in low-income households contribute to delays in refilling LPG cylinders.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2021)
Article
Economics
Marta Talevi, Subhrendu K. Pattanayak, Ipsita Das, Jessica J. Lewis, Ashok K. Singha
Summary: Biogas has the potential to meet the clean energy needs of rural households, reducing costs and emissions. A study in rural India found that households value smoke reduction and fuel efficiency, and are willing to pay a premium for biogas. However, willingness to pay varies based on previous experience with biogas, as well as household time and risk preferences.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Magdalena Fandino-Del-Rio, Josiah L. Kephart, Kendra N. Williams, Timothy Shade, Temi Adekunle, Kyle Steenland, Luke P. Naeher, Lawrence H. Moulton, Gustavo F. Gonzales, Marilu Chiang, Shakir Hossen, Ryan T. Chartier, Kirsten Koehler, William Checkley
Summary: This study aimed to measure the effect of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) interventions on household air pollution (HAP) exposures from biomass fuel combustion in Puno, Peru. The study found that providing free LPG stoves, continuous fuel delivery, regular behavioral messaging, and vouchers for LPG fuel can reduce HAP to levels below World Health Organization air quality guidelines. Furthermore, the effects of the intervention on HAP persisted for a year after fuel delivery stopped.
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Anandajit Goswami, Kaushik Ranjan Bandyopadhyay, Preeti Singh, Amulya Gurtu
Summary: The recent analysis from IEA (International Energy Agency) points out that cooking is the weakest aspect in India's energy transition for rural households, and the transition to cleaner fuel for cooking is nonlinear. Although programs have been implemented, the transition did not happen at the desired pace. Therefore, an empirical exercise was conducted to examine the disconnect between income growth and energy transition for cooking at the national and subnational state level in India. The analysis reveals the nonlinearity in energy consumption and emphasizes the importance of targeted interventions rooted in local cultural context and community level factors for sustained rural energy transition.
Article
Ecology
Alemu Mekonnen, Abebe Beyene, Randy Bluffstone, Zenebe Gebreegziabher, Peter Martinsson, Michael Toman, Ferdinand Vieider
Summary: Through experiments, it has been proven that the Mirt injera stove can save a significant amount of fuelwood and reduce CO2 emissions. Estimated results show that each Mirt stove can avoid the burning of approximately 634 kg of fuelwood per year and sequester an additional 0.65 tons of CO2. According to the global social cost of carbon, the annual global benefits from reduced fuelwood burning exceed the initial cost of the stove.
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Roshan Wathore, Rajat Hedaoo, Anas Ahmad, Ankit Gupta, Ashwinkumar S. Dhoble, Nitin Labhasetwar
Summary: This study evaluates the real-world performance of novel improved mud-based cookstoves (MBC) in a remote community in India. The MBCs were designed based on extensive laboratory testing and meet the Indian cookstove performance standards. Compared to traditional stoves, the MBCs showed reductions in emissions and improved combustion efficiency. A user perception survey demonstrated the potential for increased adoption rates, highlighting the importance of information, education, and communication programs.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Stephanie Parsons, Ky Tanner, Wyatt Champion, Andrew Grieshop
Summary: Traditional solid fuel cookstoves emit pollutants that have negative impacts on household air quality, human health, and climate. Forced-draft semi-gasifier stoves are considered as an intermediate step towards zero-emitting stoves due to lower emissions. However, the emissions from these stoves are highly variable and influenced by various factors. The study suggests using kerosene for ignition, turning off the fan after the pellets are fully burned, and reigniting with fresh pellets to minimize emissions.
ENERGY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
(2022)
Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Douglas S. Ribeiro, Joyce C. C. Santos, Sebastian Grieger, Joao Luiz E. Campos, Lucas R. P. Machado, Flavia G. Pacheco, Thales F. D. Fernandes, Catarina C. Haase, Diego L. Silva, Marcos Guterres, Eder M. Soares, Rozana M. Martins, Jessica P. Del'Boccio, Rodrigo Altoe, Flavio Plentz, Adelina P. Santos, Clascidia A. Furtado, Omar Vilela P. Neto, Mario S. C. Mazzoni, Elmo S. S. Alves, Bernardo R. A. Neves, Claudia Backes, Luiz Gustavo Cancado
Summary: There is a primitive cubic lattice consisting of 1,000 atoms with 488 surface sites. The surface atoms play a crucial role in chemical interactions and determining the functionalities of nanostructures. A novel optical spectroscopy method is introduced to measure the surface area concentration of mass-produced graphene nanoflakes in liquid dispersions, which can be applied to the quality control of mechanically exfoliated two-dimensional nanomaterials.
ACS APPLIED NANO MATERIALS
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Shao Lin, Ian Ryan, Sanchita Paul, Xinlei Deng, Wangjian Zhang, Gan Luo, Guang-Hui Dong, Arshad Nair, Fangqun Yu
Summary: This study found immediate and lasting effects of particle surface area concentration (PSC) on cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) and delayed and prolonged impacts of ultrafine particle number concentration (UFPnc). Larger PSC was associated with higher risks of stroke, hypertension, and ischemic heart diseases.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Rebecca Witinok-Huber, Maggie L. Clark, John Volckens, Bonnie N. Young, Megan L. Benka-Coker, Ethan Walker, Jennifer L. Peel, Casey Quinn, Joshua P. Keller
Summary: Traditional cooking with solid fuels creates household air pollution, leading to millions of premature deaths worldwide. This study analyzed the impact of household and personal variables on exposure to fine particulate matter and black carbon. Stove type was found to have the greatest influence on exposure. Future research should include tracking participants' cooking behaviors and daily activities to further understand exposure variations.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Liyuan Zhou, Mei Li, Chunlei Cheng, Zhen Zhou, Huiqing Nian, Rongzhi Tang, Chak K. Chan
Summary: This study used real-time single particle measurements to investigate the impact of ship emissions on urban air quality. Ship emitted particles contained organic carbon, elemental carbon, sulfate, and other components, and ship emissions potentially contributed to sulfate production in coastal cities. The abundance of OC and EC-related components in ship emitted particles varied, possibly due to different blending fluids used in the production of low sulfur fuels.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Jayesh Parmar, Asif Qureshi
Summary: This study determines the consumption and emissions of polychlorinated biphenyl compounds (PCBs) in India from the past to the future. The results show that up to 7296 tonnes of PCBs have been used in transformers and approximately 5000 tonnes have been imported as waste. The total emissions from various sources are estimated to reach 13 tonnes, 89.26 tonnes, and 63 tonnes for different periods, with relatively high emissions of low-chlorinated PCBs.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Jayesh Parmar, Asif Qureshi
Summary: The consumption and emissions of PCBs in India have been high in the past, present, and are expected to continue in the future. The estimates for India using bottom-up approaches differ from the global inventory.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Evangelia Siouti, Ksakousti Skyllakou, Ioannis Kioutsioukis, Giancarlo Ciarelli, Spyros N. Pandis
Summary: Cooking activities are a source of urban air pollution that is often overlooked. By simulating and analyzing cooking organic aerosol (COA) emissions in the Greek city of Patras, it was found that dinner and lunch times are peak periods for COA emissions, while the local production of secondary COA is slow.
ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Xiansheng Liu, Hadiatullah Hadiatullah, Xun Zhang, Pedro Trechera, Marjan Savadkoohi, Meritxell Garcia-Marles, Cristina Reche, Noemi Perez, David C. S. Beddows, Imre Salma, Wanda Then, Panayiotis Kalkavouras, Nikos Mihalopoulos, Christoph Hueglin, David C. Green, Anja H. Tremper, Benjamin Chazeau, Gregory Gille, Nicolas Marchand, Jarkko Niemi, Hanna E. Manninen, Harri Portin, Nadezda Zikova, Jakub Ondracek, Michael Norman, Holger Gerwig, Susanne Bastian, Maik Merkel, Kay Weinhold, Andrea Casans, Juan Andres Casquero-Vera, Francisco J. Gomez-Moreno, Begona Artinano, Maria Gini, Evangelia Diapouli, Suzanne Crumeyrolle, Veronique Riffault, Jean-Eudes Petit, Olivier Favez, Jean-Philippe Putaud, Sebastiao Martins Dos Santos, Hilkka Timonen, Pasi P. Aalto, Tareq Hussein, Janne Lampilahti, Philip K. Hopke, Alfred Wiedensohler, Roy M. Harrison, Tuukka Petaja, Marco Pandolfi, Andres Alastuey, Xavier Querol
Summary: This study aims to analyze the phenomenology of urban ambient total lung deposited surface area (LDSA) based on multiple path particle dosimetry (MPPD) model. The study collected data from monitoring sites in Europe and USA during 2017-2019 period. The spatial-temporal distribution characteristics of LDSA deposition were analyzed, and the relationship between LDSA and other air quality metrics was investigated. The study provides valuable information for epidemiological studies and presents total LDSA in various European urban environments for the first time.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Urology & Nephrology
John D. Peipert, Peter M. Bentler, Kristi Klicko, Ron D. Hays
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF KIDNEY DISEASES
(2018)
Letter
Surgery
John Devin Peipert, Michael M. I. Abecassis, Zeeshan Butt, David Cella, Daniela P. Ladner
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TRANSPLANTATION
(2018)
Article
Surgery
Amy D. Waterman, John Devin Peipert
PROGRESS IN TRANSPLANTATION
(2018)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
John D. Peipert, Peter Bentler, Kristi Klicko, Ron D. Hays
QUALITY OF LIFE RESEARCH
(2018)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Heather Tallis, Katharine Kreis, Lydia Olander, Claudia Ringler, David Ameyaw, Mark E. Borsuk, Diana Fletschner, Edward Game, Daniel O. Gilligan, Marc Jeuland, Gina Kennedy, Yuta J. Masuda, Sumi Mehta, Nicholas Miller, Megan Parker, Carmel Pollino, Julie Rajaratnam, David Wilkie, Wei Zhang, Selena Ahmed, Oluyede C. Ajayi, Harold Alderman, George Arhonditsis, Ines Azevedo, Ruchi Badola, Rob Bailis, Patricia Balvanera, Emily Barbour, Mark Bardini, David N. Barton, Jill Baumgartner, Tim G. Benton, Emily Bobrow, Deborah Bossio, Ann Bostrom, Ademola Braimoh, Eduardo Brondizio, Joe Brown, Benjamin P. Bryant, Ryan Sd Calder, Becky Chaplin-Kramer, Alison Cullen, Nicole DeMello, Katherine L. Dickinson, Kristie L. Ebi, Heather E. Eves, Jessica Fanzo, Paul J. Ferraro, Brendan Fisher, Edward A. Frongillo, Gillian Galford, Dennis Garrity, Lydiah Gatere, Andrew P. Grieshop, Nicola J. Grigg, Craig Groves, Mary Kay Gugerty, Michael Hamm, Xiaoyue Hou, Cindy Huang, Marc Imhoff, Darby Jack, Andrew D. Jones, Rodd Kelsey, Monica Kothari, Ritesh Kumar, Carl Lachat, Ashley Larsen, Mark Lawrence, Fabrice DeClerck, Phillip S. Levin, Edward Mabaya, Jacqueline MacDonald Gibson, Robert McDonald, Georgina Mace, Ricardo Maertens, Dorothy Mangale, Robin Martino, Sara Mason, Lyla Mehta, Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Barbara Merz, Siwa Msangi, Grant Murray, Kris A. Murray, Celeste E. Naude, Nathaniel K. Newlands, Ephraim Nkonya, Amber Peterman, Tricia Petruney, Hugh Possingham, Jyotsna Puri, Roseline Remans, Lisa Remlinger, Taylor H. Ricketts, Bedilu Reta, Brian E. Robinson, Dilys Roe, Joshua Rosenthal, Guofeng Shen, Drew Shindell, Ben Stewart-Koster, Terry Sunderland, William J. Sutherland, Josh Tewksbury, Heather Wasser, Stephanie Wear, Chris Webb, Dale Whittington, Marit Wilkerson, Heidi Wittmer, Benjamin D. K. Wood, Stephen Wood, Joyce Wu, Gautam Yadama, Stephanie Zobrist
CURRENT OPINION IN ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
(2019)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Praveen Kumar, Robert Ethan Dover, Antonia Diaz-Valdes Iriarte, Smitha Rao, Romina Garakani, Sophia Hadingham, Amar Dhand, Rachel G. Tabak, Ross C. Brownson, Gautam N. Yadama
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Rohit Sharma, Deepak Choudhary, Sayli Shiradkar, Praveen Kumar, Jayendran Venkateswaran, Chetan Singh Solanki, Gautam N. Yadama
Summary: The study revealed that awareness and willingness to pay for solar products among rural households in India have increased over time, but there is still room for improvement, especially in terms of awareness for solar home systems and solar water pumps. Higher income households are more likely to pay for solar lamps at market price, but this relationship is significantly influenced by their awareness of solar products and motivation to adopt solar technology.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Praveen Kumar, Liam McCafferty, Amar Dhand, Smitha Rao, Antonia Diaz-Valdes, Rachel G. Tabak, Ross C. Brownson, Gautam N. Yadama
Summary: LPG adoption is the primary policy approach in India to transition rural poor communities towards clean cooking behavior. Personal networks with higher proportions of peers owning LPG are associated with higher likelihood of LPG ownership in poor communities. This study on personal network characteristics offers a foundation for further large scale studies on clean cooking adoption in poor communities.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2021)
Article
Ecology
U. Neeraja, C. S. Saneesh, Venkat Dyda, Hemalatha Reddy, Gautam N. Yadama, Tiffany M. Knight
Summary: This study investigates the demographic and harvesting effects on endemic tree species in the Eastern Ghats, showing that different species have different responses to harvesting, with a significant decrease in growth rate for two species.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Anamika Pandey, Michael Brauer, Maureen L. Cropper, Kalpana Balakrishnan, Prashant Mathur, Sagnik Dey, Burak Turkgulu, G. Anil Kumar, Mukesh Khare, Gufran Beig, Tarun Gupta, Rinu P. Krishnankutty, Kate Causey, Aaron J. Cohen, Stuti Bhargava, Ashutosh N. Aggarwal, Anurag Agrawal, Shally Awasthi, Fiona Bennitt, Sadhana Bhagwat, P. Bhanumati, Katrin Burkart, Joy K. Chakma, Thomas C. Chiles, Sourangsu Chowdhury, D. J. Christopher, Subhojit Dey, Samantha Fisher, Barbara Fraumeni, Richard Fuller, Aloke G. Ghoshal, Mahaveer J. Golechha, Prakash C. Gupta, Rachita Gupta, Rajeev Gupta, Shreekant Gupta, Sarath Guttikunda, David Hanrahan, Sivadasanpillai Harikrishnan, Panniyammakal Jeemon, Tushar K. Joshi, Rajni Kant, Surya Kant, Tanvir Kaur, Parvaiz A. Koul, Praveen Kumar, Rakesh Kumar, Samantha L. Larson, Rakesh Lodha, Kishore K. Madhipatla, P. A. Mahesh, Ridhima Malhotra, Shunsuke Managi, Keith Martin, Matthews Mathai, Joseph L. Mathew, Ravi Mehrotra, B. V. Murali Mohan, Viswanathan Mohan, Satinath Mukhopadhyay, Parul Mutreja, Nitish Naik, Sanjeev Nair, Jeyaraj D. Pandian, Pallavi Pant, Arokiasamy Perianayagam, Dorairaj Prabhakaran, Poornima Prabhakaran, Goura K. Rath, Shamika Ravi, Ambuj Roy, Yogesh D. Sabde, Sundeep Salvi, Sankar Sambandam, Bhavay Sharma, Meenakshi Sharma, Shweta Sharma, R. S. Sharma, Aakash Shrivastava, Sujeet Singh, Virendra Singh, Rodney Smith, Jeffrey D. Stanaway, Gabriella Taghian, Nikhil Tandon, J. S. Thakur, Nihal J. Thomas, G. S. Toteja, Chris M. Varghese, Chandra Venkataraman, Krishnan N. Venugopal, Katherine D. Walker, Alexandrea Y. Watson, Sarah Wozniak, Denis Xavier, Gautam N. Yadama, Geetika Yadav, D. K. Shukla, Hendrik J. Bekedam, K. Srinath Reddy, Randeep Guleria, Theo Vos, Stephen S. Lim, Rakhi Dandona, Sunil Kumar, Pushpam Kumar, Philip J. Landrigan, Lalit Dandona
Summary: The study estimated the impact of air pollution on human health and the economy in India. In 2019, air pollution led to 1.67 million deaths and an economic loss of $36.8 billion, accounting for 1.36% of India's GDP. The economic impact varied significantly among states, with low per-capita GDP states like Uttar Pradesh and Bihar experiencing the highest losses.
LANCET PLANETARY HEALTH
(2021)
Article
Environmental Studies
Jayendran Venkateswaran, Chetan Singh Solanki, Kelsey Werner, Gautam N. Yadama
ENERGY RESEARCH & SOCIAL SCIENCE
(2018)
Correction
Medicine, General & Internal
P. J. Landrigan, R. Fuller, N. J. R. Acosta
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Praveen Kumar, Amar Dhand, Rachel G. Tabak, Ross C. Brownson, Gautam N. Yadama
ARCHIVES OF PUBLIC HEALTH
(2017)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Apoorva Pandey, Sameer Patel, Shamsh Pervez, Suresh Tiwari, Gautam Yadama, Judith C. Chow, John G. Watson, Pratim Biswas, Rajan K. Chakrabarty
ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS
(2017)
Article
Surgery
David A. Axelrod, Crystal S. Kynard-Amerson, David Wojciechowski, Marie Jacobs, Krista L. Lentine, Mark Schnitzler, John D. Peipert, Amy D. Waterman
CLINICAL TRANSPLANTATION
(2017)