Biomass increases risk of depression

摘要

Scientists at the Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute (CNCI) in Kolkata, West Bengal state have found that women who cook with biomass, including wood, dung cakes and crop residues, for five to six hours every day are at a greater risk of depression.A group of 952 women aged between 25-46 who cooked their food using a biomass stove were compared to 804 women who burned LPG while cooking. It was found that those who cooked with biomass were more likely to suffer from depression.