The persistence of smoke VOCs indoors: Partitioning, surface cleaning, and air cleaning in a smoke-contaminated house

J Li, MF Link, S Pandit, MH Webb, KJ Mayer… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Wildfires are increasing in frequency, raising concerns that smoke can permeate indoor
environments and expose people to chemical air contaminants. To study smoke …

Health risks associated with the production and usage of charcoal: a systematic review

OS Idowu, LB De Azevedo, FV Zohoori, K Kanmodi… - BMJ open, 2023 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Charcoal production and utilisation are linked to various health issues and occupational
hazards. However, to our knowledge, no systematic review has primarily focused on the …

Emission of volatile organic compounds from residential biomass burning and their rapid chemical transformations

M Desservettaz, M Pikridas, I Stavroulas… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Biomass combustion releases a complex array of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) that
pose significant challenges to air quality and human health. Although biomass burning has …

Atmospheric OH reactivity in the western United States determined from comprehensive gas-phase measurements during WE-CAN

W Permar, L Jin, Q Peng, K O'Dell, E Lill… - Environmental …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Wildfire smoke contains numerous different reactive organic gases, many of which have only
recently been identified and quantified. Consequently, their relative importance as an …

Reaction of HOCl with wood smoke aerosol: impacts on indoor air quality and outdoor reactive chlorine

SD Jorga, Y Wang, JPD Abbatt - Environmental Science & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
High loadings of biomass burning (BB) aerosol particles from wildfire or residential heating
sources can be present in both outdoor and indoor environments, where they deposit onto …

The important contribution of secondary formation and biomass burning to oxidized organic nitrogen (OON) in a polluted urban area: insights from in situ …

Y Cai, C Ye, W Chen, W Hu, W Song… - Atmospheric …, 2023 - acp.copernicus.org
To investigate the sources and formation mechanism of oxidized organic nitrogen (OON),
field measurements of OON were conducted using an iodide-adduct chemical ionization …

Ubiquity of anthropogenic terpenoids in cities worldwide: Emission ratios, emission quantification and implications for urban atmospheric chemistry

A Borbon, P Dominutti, A Panopoulou… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Terpenoids (isoprene and monoterpenes) are highly reactive Volatile Organic Compounds
(VOCs) known for decades for their biogenic origin. Here, we discuss the nature and …

Impacts of springtime biomass burning in Southeast Asia on atmospheric carbonaceous components over the Beibu Gulf in China: Insights from aircraft observations

X Yang, D Ji, J Li, J He, C Gong, X Xu, Z Wang… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Limited by the scarcity of in situ vertical observation data, the influences of biomass burning
in Southeast Asia on major atmospheric carbonaceous compositions in downwind regions …

VOC emissions by fresh and old asphalt pavements at service temperatures: impacts on urban air quality

J Lasne, A Lostier, MN Romanias, S Vassaux… - Environmental …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Outdoor air pollution is a major cause of chronic illness and of mortality, with an estimated
4.5 million deaths every year. Its effects are amplified in urban areas where the global …

Year-round measurement of atmospheric volatile organic compounds using sequential sampling in Dronning Maud Land, East-Antarctica

P Van Overmeiren, K Demeestere, A Mangold… - Atmospheric …, 2023 - Elsevier
Antarctica is considered the most pristine environment on Earth but is also characterized by
its unique conditions such as the strong polar vortex and extreme cold. A detailed …