About 3 billion of the world's poorest people burn wood, charcoal or dung in smoky, open
fires to cook their food and heat their homes. Millions die annually from lung and heart …

One of the most talked-about public-health initiatives is improving indoor air quality in the
rural developing world. Traditional cookstoves—mud basins in which villagers burn wood …

Almost three billion people around the world—or 4 out of every 10 individuals—are exposed
to high levels of smoke each day from traditional cookstoves. After water, indoor air pollution …

The World Health Organization has spoken - Improved cookstoves are not clean enough -
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In the andean highlands of Peru, a typical single-room home will burn approximately 3.6
tons of wood a year, not just for heating but for cooking indoors. Three billion people world …

Users say the smoke burns their eyes and blackens their pots and kitchen walls.
Climatologists such as Veerabhadran Ramanathan, a professor at the University of …

Approximately 40% of the global population relies on solid fuels such as coal, fuelwood,
dung and charcoal and uses traditional stoves to meet household cooking and heating …

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