Biodigester Cookstove Interventions and Child Diarrhea in Semirural Nepal: A Causal Analysis of Daily Observations.
Heather K AmatoCaitlin HemlockKristin L AndrejkoAnna R SmithNima S HejaziAlan E HubbardSharat C VermaRamesh K AdhikariDhiraj PokhrelKirk SmithJay P GrahamAmod K PokhrelPublished in: Environmental health perspectives (2022)
This analysis provides new evidence that child diarrhea may be an unintended health risk of biogas cookstove use. Additional studies are needed to identify exposure pathways of fecal pathogen contamination associated with biodigesters to improve the safety of these widely distributed public health interventions. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP9468.