Indoor Air Pollution

Question 1

Air Pollution is linked to 1 out of every __ deaths globally.

Answer 1

8

Question 2

The 2 key pollutants for public health

Answer 2

fine particles (PM) and carbon monoxide

Question 3

Determinants of Vulnerability (3)

Answer 3

• Personal Characteristics
• Habits
• Location

Question 4

Exposure assessment challenges

Answer 4

• Fate of agents as they move through the environment
• Mixtures of agents (interactive effects)
• Accumulation in environment
• Timing of exposure (duration or critical periods)

Question 5

Health Effects of PM in India

Answer 5

Loss in life expectancy

Question 6

What can be done to reduce air pollution?

Answer 6

• Use Air Quality Index (AQI)

Question 7

Effects of Clean Air Act

Answer 7

• Decline in pollutants over 18 year period

Question 8

What is the Cook Stoves program?

Answer 8

Equipping people with clean cookstoves that burn healthier fuels and emit lower levels of air pollution.

Question 9

Rural household energy use in China has _____.

Answer 9

declined

Question 10

What is black carbon?

Answer 10

• Soot particles resulting from incomplete combustion of solid fuel.
• Light reflective effects accelerate melting of glaciers.
  => Climate change

Question 11

Limitations of Health Impacts of PM in India

Answer 11

• Seasonal effects not acute.
• Co-morbidities
• Other indoor air pollution exposures.