Indoor Air Pollution: A Household Study in the Village Faridpur and Ranchi Colony, Durgapur, Burdwan District, West Bengal

Respiratory Diseases are public health concern worldwide. The diseases have been associated with air pollution mainly indoor air pollution from solid biomass fuel in developing country. A field study was undertaken to characterize the level of pollutant released from solid bio-fuel burring from the village of rural household and urban household in the area of Durgapur. Pollution was assesses by measuring SO , NO , SPM 2 x and API which are coming out from five different solid bio-fuels. Results showed that the NO and SO level x 2 released from bio-fuels in the following order: wood>cow dung>dry leaf>coal>carbon cake and dry leaf>coal>cow dung>wood>carbon cake respectively. But, the highest SPM was obtained in case of cow dung and the lowest in carbon cake and air pollution index was ranges from 23.793 95.239. About 79 % people suffer from respiratory disease by using coal and only 24 % by cow dung. Results of this study suggested an association between respiratory disease and exposure to domestic biomass fuel smoke, but more extensive studies are needed to confirm the association between solid bio-fuel use and respiratory disease.