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Household Air Pollution Risks in India
Kirk R. Smith, MPH, PhDProfessor of Global Environmental Health
University of California, Berkeley
Fulbright-Nehru Distinguished ChairIIT-Delhi
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1.8 million years ago, the cooking becamea regular feature in human society
Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human, R WranghamBasic Books, 2009
The three major solid fuels
Leading cause of disease burden in 2010 by countryPopulation Cooking with Solid Fuels in 2010 (%)
1990:85%: 700 million people using solid fuels
2010: 60%: 700 million people
~1980700 millionpeople in entire country
700 million people in the Chulha Trap
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Or, since wood is mainly just carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen,doesn’t it just change to CO2 and H2O when it is combined with oxygen (burned)?
Reason: the combustion efficiency is far less than 100%
Woodsmoke is natural – how can it hurt you?
Energy flows in a well-operating traditional wood-fired cookstove
In to P o t2 .8 M J
1 8%
In P IC1 .2 M J
8 %
W a s te H e a t1 1 .3 M J
7 4%
W o o d: 1 kg1 5 .3 M J
T rad it ion a l S tove
PIC = products of incomplete combustion = CO, HC, C, etc.
15% moisture
Source:Smith,et al.,2000
A Toxic Waste Factory!!
Typical biomass cookstoves convert 6-20% of the fuel carbon to toxic substances
Toxic Pollutants in Biomass Fuel Smokefrom Simple (poor) Combustion
• Small particles, CO, NO2
• Hydrocarbons– 25+ saturated hydrocarbons such as n-hexane– 40+ unsaturated hydrocarbons such as 1,3 butadiene– 28+ mono-aromatics such as benzene & styrene– 20+ polycyclic aromatics such as benzo()pyrene
• Oxygenated organics– 20+ aldehydes including formaldehyde & acrolein– 25+ alcohols and acids such as methanol– 33+ phenols such as catechol & cresol– Many quinones such as hydroquinone – Semi-quinone-type and other radicals
• Chlorinated organics such as methylene chloride and dioxin Source: Naeher et al,J Inhal Tox, 2007
Typical chullah releases400 cigarettes per hour
worth of smoke
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Health-Damaging Air Pollutants From Typical Wood-fired Cookstove.
1 0 m g/m 3
C a rbo n M o n ox id e :1 5 0 m g/m 3
0 .1 m g/m 3
P a rtic les3 .3 m g/m 3
0 .00 2 m g/m 3
B en ze ne0 .8 m g/m 3
0 .00 03 m g/m 3
1 ,3 -B u ta d ie ne0 .15 m g/m 3
0 .1 m g/m 3
F o rm a ld eh yde0 .7 m g/m 3
W oo d : 1 .0 kgP e r H o ur
in 1 5 A C H4 0 m 3 k itch en
Typical Health-based Standards Typical Indoor
Concentrations
Best single indicator IARC Group 1 Carcinogens
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First person in human history to have her exposure measureddoing the oldest task in human history
Kheda District,Gujarat, 1981
Emissions andconcentrations,yes, but what aboutexposures?~5000 ug/m3
during cooking>500 ug/m3 24-hour
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How much PM2.5 is unhealthy?
• WHO Air Quality Guidelines– 10 ug/m3 annual average– No public microenvironment, indoor or
outdoor, should be more than 35 ug/m3
• National standards – annual outdoors– USA: 12 ug/m3– China: 35 ug/m3– India: 40 ug/m3
CRA published along with the other GBD papers on Dec 14, 2012
in The Lancet
Annual Review of Public Health,vol 35, 2014, out this month
Comparative Risk Assessment Method
Exposure Levels:Past actual and past
counterfactual
Exposure-responseRelationships (risk)
Disease Burden by age, sex, and region
Attributable Burden by age, sex, and region
State-wiseestimates of 24-h kitchenconcentrationsof PM2.5 in India
Solid-fuel usinghouseholds
Balakrishnan et al.2013 (SRU group)
Study design N* OR 95% CI
Intervention 2 1.28 1.06, 1.54
Cohort 7 2.12 1.06, 4.25
Case-control 15 1.97 1.47, 2.64
Cross-sectional
3 1.49 1.21, 1.85
All 26 1.78 1.45, 2.18
Dherani et al Bull WHO (2008)
Diseases for which we haveepidemiological studies
ALRI/Pneumonia
COPD
Lung cancer(coal)
Cataracts
Lung cancer(biomass)
These diseases are included in the2010 Comparative Risk Assessment (released in 2012)
Ischemic heart disease
Stroke
New Category of Evidence for CVDNew Category of Evidence for CVD
• No direct studies of CVD and HAP, yet– But studies showing effects on blood pressure
and ST-segment, important disease signs
• Epidemiologic evidence shows clear, consistent evidence of increasing risk across exposures to combustion particles– at higher exposures – Active smoking– and lower exposures – Outdoor air pollution
and secondhand tobacco smoke
Heart Disease and Combustion Particle Doses
HAPZone
From “Mind the Gap,” Smith/Peel, 2010 and Popeet al., 2009
Integrated Exposure-Response: Outdoor Air, SHS, and Smokingand Heart Disease
HAPZone
CRA,2011
Outdoor Air
Pollution
SecondhandTobacco Smoke
Smokers
EHP, 2007
EHP, 2011
EHP, 2011
Integrated Exposure-Response: Outdoor Air, SHS, and HAP
Solid Fuel
Zone
Pneumonia from combustion particlesAnnual average PM2.5 in ug/m3
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CRA,2010
Outdoor Air
Pollution
SecondhandTobacco Smoke
Stroke
Ischemic Heart Disease
ALRI
ug/m3 annual average PM2.5
COPDLung Cancer
Metrics• Mortality – important, but can be misleading as
it does not take age into account or years of illness/injury– Death at 88 years counts same as at 18, which is not
appropriate
• Disability-adjusted Life Years (DALYs) lost do account for age and illness.
• GBD 2010 compares deaths against best life expectancy in world – 86 years
Global DALYs 2010: Top 20 Risk Factors
Premature DeathsHBP -9.3 millionAlcohol – 7.7Tobacco – 5.7 SHS-T – 0.6House AP – 3.5 SHS-C – 0.5High BMI – 3.4Phys Inactive – 3.2Outdoor AP – 3.3High Sodium – 3.1
Global Burden of Environmental Risks
Top 15 causes of ill-health in India (GBD/CRA 2010)HAP Total: ~1,000,000 premature deaths annually
Women and Girls Men and Boys:
Framing• Not called “indoor” because stove smoke
enters atmosphere to become part of general outdoor air pollution (OAP)
• HAP contributes about 12% to OAP globally, but much more in some countries
• ~25% in India• Thus, part of the burden of disease due to OAP
is attributable to cooking fuels in households
%PM2.5 from “Residential” Emissions from INTEX_B
36Source: Asian Emission Inventory for NASA INTEX_B 2006 (accessed 2010) Chafe, 2010
25-30% of primary particle
pollution in India is from
household fuels
Satellite-based ambient PM2.5
van Donkelaar et al, EHP 201037
Delhi Jan 14, 2013 24h mean PM2.5: 316.5 µg/m3
Rural India24h mean PM2.5: 194.7 µg/m3
HAP mortality in India in 2010 ~10 lakh annualpremature deaths
-About one-quarter of global total-Secondhand cooksmoke
~1,5 lakh more-About 10% of national mortality
-About the same as tobacco-About 50% more than outdoor air pollution,
which is about 600k
n.b. these estimtes can be compared but not added as there are overlaps
Summary• One of the top risk factors in the world for ill-health. • Biggest impact in adults --3 million premature deaths (two-thirds
the DALYs)• Still important for children ~500,000 deaths (one-third the
DALYs)• One million total premature deaths in India• Biggest single risk factor of any kind for Indian women and girls • Important source of outdoor air pollution • Impact going down slowly because background health
conditions improving• Actual number of people affected is not going down
What can be done?
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Very Low Income
200 million
Low Income400 million
Middle Income400 million
High Income200 million
Crop WasteDung
Coal
Kerosene
Natural Gas
Electricity
Non-solid fuels
Solid Fuels
Liquefied Petroleum Gas
Biogas
Wood
Conceptual Indian Energy Ladder
The Energy Ladder: Relative Pollutant Emissions Per Meal
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CO Hydrocarbons PM
CO 0.1 1.0 3 19 22 60 64
Hydrocarbons 0.3 1.0 4.2 17 18 32 115
PM 2.5 1.0 1.3 26 30 124 63
Biogas LPG Kerosene Wood RootsCrop
ResiduesDung
Smith, et al., 2005
“Clean” “Dirty”
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Low Income400 million
Middle Income400 million
High Income200 million
Crop WasteDung
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Natural Gas
Electricity
Non-solid fuels
Solid Fuels
Liquefied Petroleum Gas
Biogas
Wood
Conceptual Indian Energy Ladder
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Integrated Exposure-response relationshipIntegrated Exposure-response relationship
Risk
PM2.5 Exposure
O/Fire‘ChimneyRocketLPG
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125 200 300 µg/m325
Fan
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WHO air quality annual
guideline:10µg/m3
IT1 : 35 µg/m3
Child pneumonia
Leaves ~80% of burden
untouched
Can we get here?
Starting hereGoing
here
How close to clean enough?• New WHO Indoor Air Quality Guidelines will
be about 0.9 mg/min PM2.5 to protect ~80% of households at AQG-IT1, 35 ug/m3
• Cleanest biomass blower stove tested by the USEPA is about 8 times more polluting in lab.
• But does not achieve this over time in the field• Need to push harder to find ways to make
biomass burn cleanly in inexpensive devices
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Secretary Vivek Rae• Doubled number of distributors for next year --20 million new
people• Brought together heads of marketing for the 3 major oil
companies to hear the lecture• Had his staff do the homework in advance• By adjusting requirements for distributors and a massive push• They are developing a plan to double LPG access in rural India in
next five years• ~250 million people
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Low Income400 million
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High Income200 million
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Coal
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Natural Gas
Electricity
Non-solid fuels
Solid Fuels
Liquefied Petroleum Gas
Biogas
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Story of Two States
Gujarat: 1981-2013
Kerala: 2005-2013
In the 1980s, the first link to air pollution science
First person in human history to have her exposure measureddoing the oldest task in human history
Kheda District,Gujarat, 1981
Field Team, Gujarat, 1981
Diwaliben, October 2013
Gujarati Villages since 1981• Reliable electricity• Piped water• Cell phones• Satellite TV• Pucca schools• More pucca houses and roads• In spite of 3-5 “improved” biomass stove programs
since the 1970s – none now in existence• Chulhas in every house
Smith, et al., 1983
Assessment of “Improved Stoves”
Neighborhood Pollution in anIndian Village
Smith, et al., 1983
Measurement of Neighborhood Pollution
Kerala story
• Like most of India, Kerala has had an electric peak in early evenings
• Starting after mid decade, however, Kerala started experiencing a fast-growing morning peak as well
• Reason: massive sales of induction cookstoves (ICs) were shifting demand
• Experience is that once a woman is used to an IC, she does not want to go back.
Kerala Energy Management Centre, 2011
What is an induction cookstove?• Electric, yes, but• Entirely different technology from traditional electric
stoves – high frequency magnetic field induces heat in pot alone
• More efficient ~90% instead of ~60%• Faster cooking >1.5x• Finer and more responsive control of heat• Safer – surface is warm but does not burn or cause fires• Long-lived, easy to clean, sophisticated controls if desired
- - Bajaj Electrical Ltd.- Compton Greaves Ltd.- Eurolux
- Glen Appliances Pvt. Ltd.- Inalsa- Jaipan Industries Ltd.- Kenwood Ltd.- Khaitan Electrical Ltd- Morphy Richards- Panasonic Corp.
- Phillips- Preethi Kitchen Appliances, Ltd.-Sunflame-TTK Prestige Ltd.-Usha International Ltd.
-Westinghouse
Induction Cooktop Market in India 2012-2016
Published: March 2013Infiniti Research Limited
35.4% per year growth predicted: 2012-2016
Factor of nearly five increase!
Biggest shareof Indian market
Dozens of models
Commercial sectorgrowing rapidlyalso
Not yet aimed torural areas
Flying off the shelves in China
Considerations• Power reliable in major cities and 2-3 full states and on
the march nationally.• Cooking would add serious additional demand, but at
great benefit, and not large compared to need in general– E.g., for 100M households, 20 GWe more during addition of
needed 200+ in next decades
• PV microgrids are proliferating in India to supply villages without power– Technically doable to provide sufficient power for induction
cooking, but economics uncertain
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Low Income400 million
Middle Income400 million
High Income200 million
Crop WasteDung
Natural Gas
Electricity
Non-solid fuels
Solid Fuels
Liquefied Petroleum Gas
Biogas
Wood
Conceptual Indian Energy Ladder
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Questions for consideration
• What are the full benefits of reliable electricity?
• Is there a leapfrog cooking technology that would
– Be clean, efficient, and safe?
– Sufficiently transformational to “sell itself” and rapidly take over the market?
• How else to fill in the “empty quarter” of the energy ladder?
Key Word!
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Low Income400 million
Middle Income400 million
High Income200 million
Crop WasteDung
Coal
Kerosene
Natural Gas
Electricity
Non-solid fuels
Solid Fuels
Liquefied Petroleum Gas
Biogas
Wood
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How do we help people move into
this realm?
India: What If?Millions
9% instead of 5.5%/yrfor 20 years
A Chulha Trap or a
Clean Fuel Gap?
Bottom line: HAP
–In addition to continuing to try to
Make the available clean–Shouldn’t we also try harder to
Make the clean available?
Bottom Line: OAP
• Need to consider household combustion as one of the important sources
• Need to measure in rural areas where there are many sources and people
• Need to develop OAP management regions that are organized by air basin, not political boundaries such as cities
Many thanks
Publications and
presentations on website
– easiest to just
“google” Kirk R. Smith