在中国农村,室内暴露于与固体燃料使用相关的多环芳化合物
Shiyin Li1, Yatai Men1, Zhihan Luo1
1MOE Key Lab for Earth Surface Process, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.
Environmental geochemistry and health
|September 22, 2023
概括
由于采用清洁能源,中国的室内多环芳 (PAH) 暴露,特别是子[a]烯 (BaP),已显著减少. 促进清洁燃料对于减少室内PAH风险至关重要.
科学领域:
- 环境健康 环境健康
- 毒理学 毒理学 毒理学
- 化学暴露评估 化学暴露评估
背景情况:
- 多环芳 (PAH) 是普遍存在的环境污染物,与严重的健康问题有关,包括肺癌.
- 室内PAH暴露,通常来自燃料燃烧,对健康构成重大风险,但由于资源密集性,大规模评估具有挑战性.
- [a]烯 (BaP) 是一种代表性的PAH,了解其室内含量对于公共健康至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 开发一种具有成本效益的方法来评估中国的室内BaP度.
- 评估室内BaP水平的时空变化及其对吸入总暴露的贡献.
- 为减轻与燃料使用相关的室内PAH风险的策略提供信息.
主要方法:
- 使用一种新的基于燃料的方法与统计回归模型相结合,用于预测室内BaP度.
- 这些模型被用来分析长期趋势和区域差异在中国的室内BaP暴露.
- 计算了人口加权平均度和暴露贡献.
主要成果:
- 观察到国家人口加权室内BaP度大幅下降,从1992年的46.1 ng/m3降至2017年的6.60 ng/m3.
- 这一下降主要归因于人们越来越多地采用清洁能源用于家庭和供暖.
- 在许多城市,室内BAP暴露占吸入暴露总量的70%以上,特别是在依赖固体燃料的地区.
结论:
- 转向更清洁的能源已经大大降低了中国的室内BaP水平.
- 尽管统计模型存在不确定性,但研究结果强调了促进清洁能源在改善家庭空气质量的有效性.
- 针对固体燃料使用的有针对性的干预措施对于进一步减少室内PAH暴露和相关健康风险至关重要.
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