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Some of those deaths could be attributed to household burning of coal and charcoal for warmth and cooking.
Exposure to indoor air pollution from household burning and solid fuels affects nearly half of the world's population.
All research indicates that the top three contributors to poor air quality are vehicular air pollution, especially diesel; combustion from household burning of wood, trash burning, field burning in rural areas, and coal-fired power plants; and dust from roads and construction.
It is also estimated that 1 3% of all human-generated global warming is from the household burning of biomass fuels (15).
Household air pollution from the household burning of solid fuels, including biomass and coal, affects more than half of the world's population.
Potential health risks exist from household burning of solid fuels in wealthier countries, particularly in poor areas where households may lack access to clean-burning technologies.
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But nearly a hundred million households burning an extra few hundred gallons a year add significantly to pollution and a greater reliance on imported oil.
We examine the control of air pollution caused by households burning wood for heating and cooking in the developing world.
Measured concentrations for rural kitchens were lower than PM kitchen levels of rural households burning biomass as measured in other studies (Table 7).
In Andra Pradesh, India, PM4 levels were 1.5 2 times higher in kitchens than in living rooms in rural households burning biomass (Balakrishnan et al. 2004).
Estimates of the percentage of the population living in households burning solid fuel for heating, or using gas for cooking, were calculated by the SHCS team (David McLaren, SHCS statistician, 2010; personal communication).
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