The toxicological mechanisms of environmental soot (black carbon) and carbon black: focus on oxidative stress and inflammatory pathways

R Niranjan, AK Thakur - Frontiers in immunology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
The environmental soot and carbon blacks (CBs) cause many diseases in humans, but their
underlying mechanisms of toxicity are still poorly understood. Both are formed after the …

Exposure to particulate matter in India: A synthesis of findings and future directions

P Pant, SK Guttikunda, RE Peltier - Environmental research, 2016 - Elsevier
Air pollution poses a critical threat to human health with ambient and household air pollution
identified as key health risks in India. While there are many studies investigating …

Emissions of air pollutants from primary crop residue burning in India and their mitigation strategies for cleaner emissions

K Ravindra, T Singh, S Mor - Journal of cleaner production, 2019 - Elsevier
Population growth will lead to an increase in food demand, which will exert pressure on crop
production and likely increase the agricultural crop residue. The present study estimates …

A high-resolution emission inventory of air pollutants from primary crop residue burning over Northern India based on VIIRS thermal anomalies

T Singh, A Biswal, S Mor, K Ravindra, V Singh… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Emissions from the crop residue burning adversely affect the regional and global air quality
including public health. In this study, a district-wise comprehensive emission inventory of key …

Characterization, seasonal variation, source apportionment and health risk assessment of black carbon over an urban region of East India

B Ambade, TK Sankar, AS Panicker, AS Gautam… - Urban Climate, 2021 - Elsevier
Black carbon (BC) is produced due to the incomplete combustion of fossil fuels and rapidly
accelerates the globe. The study of the source apportionment exploration of BC is inaccurate …

[HTML][HTML] GloCAB: global cropland burned area from mid-2002 to 2020

JV Hall, F Argueta, M Zubkova, Y Chen… - Earth System …, 2024 - essd.copernicus.org
Burned area estimates are an essential component of cropland management systems,
inventory-based fire emission calculations, and air quality models, and any inaccuracies in …

Retrospection of heatwave and heat index

A Awasthi, K Vishwakarma, KC Pattnayak - Theoretical and Applied …, 2022 - Springer
The frequency and intensity of extreme events especially heat waves (HW) are growing all
around the world which ultimately poses a serious threat to the health of individuals. To …

Chemical Characterization and Source Apportionment of PM10 Using Receptor Models over the Himalayan Region of India

N Choudhary, A Rai, JC Kuniyal, P Srivastava, R Lata… - Atmosphere, 2023 - mdpi.com
This study presents the source apportionment of coarse-mode particulate matter (PM10)
extracted by 3 receptor models (PCA/APCS, UNMIX, and PMF) at semi-urban sites of the …

Fine particulate matter from brick kilns site and roadside in Lahore, Pakistan: Insight into chemical composition, oxidative potential, and health risk assessment

M Ahmad, J Chen, S Panyametheekul, Q Yu, A Nawab… - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
Background Human health is seriously threatened by particulate matter (PM) pollution,
which is a major environmental problem. A better indicator of biological responses to PM …

Exposure to smoke from wildfire, prescribed, and agricultural burns among at‐risk populations across Washington, Oregon, and California

CL Schollaert, ME Marlier, JD Marshall, JT Spector… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Wildfires, prescribed burns, and agricultural burns all impact ambient air quality across the
Western US; however, little is known about how communities across the region are …