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Benefits of using cleaner cooking fuels are blunted in urban areas where outdoor air is polluted

Household air pollution from cooking, heating and lighting with fuels like wood, charcoal and kerosene poses a substantial global health problem. Globally, 2 billion people cook with polluting fuels and are exposed to high levels of household air pollution. The highest proportion live in sub-Saharan Africa, where about 900 million people cook with polluting fuels. Studies have shown that use […]