Estimating personal exposures to household air pollution and plastic garbage burning among adolescent girls in Jalapa, Guatemala.

ABSTRACT: Waste collection services are uncommon in rural areas of low-resource countries, causing waste accumulation and subsequent dumping and burning of garbage. Air pollution from household garbage burning, including plastics, has been observed in Jalapa, Guatemala in addition to household air pollution (HAP) from cooking. Adolescent girls often help with these cooking and household tasks, but little is known about their exposures. We characterized 24-h exposures to HAP and household garbage burning in adolescent girls by measuring fine particulate matter (PM_2.5), black carbon (BC), urinary biomarkers of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), bisphenol A (BPA), and phthalates. We recruited 60 girls between 13 and 17 years of age who helped with cooking activities and lived with part

SUBMITTER: Kearns KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10714129 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature