Potential hazards due to municipal solid waste open dumping in India

S Mohan, CP Joseph - Journal of the Indian Institute of Science, 2021 - Springer
… The per capita waste generation in India increased from 1 to … , and dust and smoke due to
burning. The potential of leachate … a larger environmental degradation and health hazard due

[HTML][HTML] Agricultural labor, COVID-19, and potential implications for food security and air quality in the breadbasket of India

PB Shirsath, ML Jat, AJ McDonald, AK Srivastava… - Agricultural …, 2020 - Elsevier
… air pollution with concomitant health risks. Technological … exacerbate the threat of COVID-19
by increasing both infection … scalable alternatives to crop residue burning suggests that use …

Effect of Biomass Burning on PM2.5 Composition and Secondary Aerosol Formation During Post‐Monsoon and Winter Haze Episodes in Delhi

V Lalchandani, D Srivastava, J Dave… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
… During an agricultural burning event in north-western India, … of the OA mass spectra (covering
a larger m/z range from 12 to 300… and Haryana region showed a sudden increase between …

Characterization, source apportionment and carcinogenic risk assessment of atmospheric particulate matter at Dehradun, situated in the Foothills of Himalayas

A Soni, U Kumar, V Prabhu, V Shridhar - Journal of Atmospheric and Solar …, 2020 - Elsevier
… that inhalation of PM over Dehradun can cause health risk. … residue burning activities are
dominant in the IGP region … Dehradun is one of the fastest-growing cities in India with high …

Seasonal characteristics of aerosols (PM2. 5 and PM10) and their source apportionment using PMF: A four year study over Delhi, India

S Jain, SK Sharma, N Vijayan, TK Mandal - Environmental Pollution, 2020 - Elsevier
… Emissions from BB is one of the major sources in Delhi with larger … and increased biomass
burning and fossil fuel combustion activities (high crop residue burning incidences in states of …

Impact of rice straw open burning on local air quality in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam

PTH Phuong, TD Nghiem, PTM Thao, CT Pham… - Atmospheric Pollution …, 2021 - Elsevier
… during burning increased by 22% compared with non-burning. … health risks of PM emitted
from rice straw open burning to the … open-field burning of crop residue during harvesting period …

Variations in Black Carbon concentration and sources during COVID-19 lockdown in Delhi

V Goel, N Hazarika, M Kumar, V Singh, NM Thamban… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
… during L3 due to the intensive crop residue burning events in … The sampling site is not
directly influenced by any larger … L1 and increased crop residue burning activities during L3. …

Characterization of biochar derived from crop residues for soil amendment, carbon sequestration and energy use

G Venkatesh, KA Gopinath, KS Reddy, BS Reddy… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
… Of this, about 93 Mt of crop residues is burnt each year [18]. … to improve soil fertility [3] or
those with a higher heating value (… , inorganic alkalis and increased ash residue portion due to …

Non-methane hydrocarbon (NMHC) fingerprints of major urban and agricultural emission sources for use in source apportionment studies

A Kumar, V Sinha, M Shabin, H Hakkim… - Atmospheric …, 2020 - acp.copernicus.org
… activities like crop residue burning and garbage burning have … pollutant formation potential
and health risks of the sources in … Ethane, propane and n-butane increased by ∼ 2 times …

Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on air quality in Chandigarh, India: understanding the emission sources during controlled anthropogenic activities

S Mor, S Kumar, T Singh, S Dogra, V Pandey… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
… such as during crop residue burning period over Indo-Gangetic plain. … Air pollution is a major
health risk to human health and … , including the increased uses of solid biomass fuel due to …