Background Household air pollution (HAP) from cooking with solid fuels has become a
leading cause of death and disability in many developing countries including Bangladesh …

Existing studies that evaluate the impact of cooking with solid fuels on human beings
understate the negative effect on mental health. This paper attempts to fill this gap by …

Household air pollution is a leading cause of death globally, as 4.3 million people die
prematurely each year from illness attributable to use of solid fuels (WHO 2016a). Many …

Air pollution is one of the major risk factors for mortality, as per the Global Burden of
Diseases. Various natural and anthropogenic sources contribute to air pollution, which …

The sluggish progress concerning SDG-9 and SDG 13 has made South Asia an epicentre of
household and ambient greenhouse gases emissions. Furthermore, the regional progress …

After decades of rapid economic development, China is facing severe environmental
problems. In particular, smog in urban areas has recently attracted a great deal of scientific …

Given the persistence of systemic poverty in, most notably, the rural parts of South Africa, the
question is whether the use of biodigesters as a source of energy offers potential solutions to …

Background: Indoor air pollution is typically underreported and less regulated than its
counterpart. So this study was to assess the awareness and attitude of the study population …

Energy is a basic necessity of life for meeting domestic, social and industrial needs of man.
But the use of some of the energy sources has created problems in indoor environment that …

Environmental pollution is any undesirable change in the physical, chemical or biological
characteristics of any component of the environment (air, water, soil) which can cause …