Nearly one third of the world's population use biomass fuels such as coal, wood, animal
dung, and crop residues as their primary source of domestic energy. Due to their incomplete …

Globally, about 50% of all households and 90% of rural households use solid fuels (coal
and biomass) as the main domestic source of energy, thus exposing approximately 50% of …

One-third of the world's population burn organic material such as wood, dung or charcoal
(biomass fuel) for cooking, heating and lighting. This form of energy usage is associated with …

Globally, more than 3 billion people depend on biomass and coal to meet their basic energy
needs for cooking, boiling water, lighting, and, depending on climatic conditions, space …

One half of the world's population relies on biomass fuel as the primary source of domestic
energy. Biomass fuel exposure causes a high degree of morbidity and mortality in humans …

Background: Nearly 3 billion people worldwide rely on solid fuel combustion to meet basic
household energy needs. The resulting exposure to air pollution causes an estimated 4.5 …

Since the earliest human times, humans have used wood as fuel for fires to cook their food.
Indeed, learning to control fire is considered the defining moment between the pre-human …

Biomass fuels (wood, agricultural waste, and dung) are used by about half the world's
population as a major, often the only, source of domestic energy for cooking and heating …

Environmental and occupational risk factors contribute to nearly 40% of the national burden
of disease in India, with air pollution in the indoor and outdoor environment ranking amongst …

Objective Nearly all China's rural residents and a shrinking fraction of urban residents use
solid fuels (biomass and coal) for household cooking and/or heating. Consequently, global …