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Clean heating transitions effectively mitigate exposure to nitro-PAHs but have little effect on nitrated phenol exposure, with these two classes of compounds exhibiting distinct toxicological profiles driven by different protein interaction modes. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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To assess how clean heating transitions affect personal exposure to particulate nitrated phenols and nitro-PAHs, and to evaluate their differential cellular toxicity and inflammatory mechanisms.

September 5, 2026Environmental Science & Technology Letters

Clean Heating Renovation Differentially Reduces Nitro-PAH and Nitrated Phenol Exposure: Implications from Real-World Personal Monitoring and NF-κB-Based Toxicological Assessment

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RFRong Feng HXHongmei Xu ZSZhenxing Shen

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Observational exposure and toxicological assessment reveals clean heating reduces nitro-PAHs more than nitrated phenols, indicating persistent inflammatory risks.

Key Points

To assess how clean heating transitions affect personal exposure to particulate nitrated phenols and nitro-PAHs, and to evaluate their differential cellular toxicity and inflammatory mechanisms.
Measured size-resolved personal exposure to particulate nitrated phenols (NPs) and nitro-PAHs (n-PAHs) among rural users burning clean coal (CC), raw coal chunk (RCC), and biomass (BB).
Conducted toxicological evaluations of representative compounds in A549 lung cells assessing cell viability (IC50) and NF-κB pathway activation via p-IκB-α and COX-2 expression.
Performed physicochemical descriptor analyses and molecular docking to determine compound-protein interaction mechanisms.
Biomass users experienced up to 11.5-fold higher PM2.5-bound n-PAH exposure compared to clean coal users, whereas PM2.5-bound NP levels varied little (≤1.3-fold) and were comparable between CC and RCC users (64.0 ± 12.1 vs 57.4 ± 25.8 ng m–3, P = 0.545).
n-PAHs showed greater cytotoxicity with lower IC50 values driven by hydrophobic contacts, whereas NPs induced significantly stronger NF-κB activation through polar and hydrogen-bonding interactions.

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Feng et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9bd3f16b95aff0620eb21d https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.estlett.6c00629

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September 5, 2026Environmental Science & Technology Letters

Clean Heating Renovation Differentially Reduces Nitro-PAH and Nitrated Phenol Exposure: Implications from Real-World Personal Monitoring and NF-κB-Based Toxicological Assessment

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Authors

RFRong Feng HXHongmei Xu ZSZhenxing Shen

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Overview

Observational exposure and toxicological assessment reveals clean heating reduces nitro-PAHs more than nitrated phenols, indicating persistent inflammatory risks.

Key Points

To assess how clean heating transitions affect personal exposure to particulate nitrated phenols and nitro-PAHs, and to evaluate their differential cellular toxicity and inflammatory mechanisms.
Measured size-resolved personal exposure to particulate nitrated phenols (NPs) and nitro-PAHs (n-PAHs) among rural users burning clean coal (CC), raw coal chunk (RCC), and biomass (BB).
Conducted toxicological evaluations of representative compounds in A549 lung cells assessing cell viability (IC50) and NF-κB pathway activation via p-IκB-α and COX-2 expression.
Performed physicochemical descriptor analyses and molecular docking to determine compound-protein interaction mechanisms.
Biomass users experienced up to 11.5-fold higher PM2.5-bound n-PAH exposure compared to clean coal users, whereas PM2.5-bound NP levels varied little (≤1.3-fold) and were comparable between CC and RCC users (64.0 ± 12.1 vs 57.4 ± 25.8 ng m–3, P = 0.545).
n-PAHs showed greater cytotoxicity with lower IC50 values driven by hydrophobic contacts, whereas NPs induced significantly stronger NF-κB activation through polar and hydrogen-bonding interactions.

Cite This Study

Feng et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9bd3f16b95aff0620eb21d https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.estlett.6c00629

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