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Open-waste-burning smoke and particulate

Smoke and fine particulate emissions produced when mixed household or municipal waste is burned in the open; the pollutant mixture varies with the materials burned.

Airborne form

aerosolfumemixed

The form describes what is suspended in air at the point of exposure. A material can produce more than one form, such as dust during handling and fume during heating.

Health effects

coughingskin irritationrespiratory disease concernair-pollution exposure

Evidence

WHO states that open waste burning emits a variety of air pollutants and that short- and long-term exposure can cause coughing, skin irritation, respiratory diseases, and other adverse health effects.

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The emissions produced from such burning include a variety of air pollutants ... Exposure to these pollutants, whether short- or long-term, can lead to adverse health effects such as coughing, skin irritation, respiratory diseases, and other negative outcomes.

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