The Origin, Fate, and Health Effects of Combustion By-products: a Research Framework

Overview

Journal Environ Health Perspect

Date 2002 Nov 6

PMID 12417488

Citations 13

Authors

Maureen D Avakian

Barry Dellinger

Heidelore Fiedler

Brian Gullet

Catherine Koshland

Stellan Marklund

Gunter Oberdorster

Stephen Safe

Adel Sarofim

Kirk R Smith

David Schwartz

William A Suk

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Abstract

Incomplete combustion processes can emit organic pollutants, metals, and fine particles. Combustion by-products represent global human and environmental health challenges that are relevant not only in heavily industrialized nations, but also in developing nations where up to 90% of rural households rely on unprocessed biomass fuels for cooking, warmth, and light. These issues were addressed at the Seventh International Congress on Combustion By-Products, which convened 4-6 June 2001 in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. This congress included a diverse group of multidisciplinary researchers and practitioners who discussed recent developments and future goals in the control of combustion by-products and their effects of exposure on human and ecologic health. Participants recommended that interdisciplinary, coordinated research efforts should be focused to capitalize on the important potential synergisms between efforts to reduce the adverse human health effects linked to exposures to combustion by-products and broader efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and save energy through efficiency. In this article we summarize the principal findings and recommendations for research focus and direction.

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