Three night short breaks at Inchmalloch House (sleeps 8+2) or Dundrum Cottage (sleeps 8) from £350 including welcome hamper and the fuel for woodburning stoves (07769 806259, kirkbridecottages.co.uk).
Last year, Aga sold 7,500 stoves (300 in America); in a few years, the company hopes to sell 10,000, including the 6-4.
Whereas the CO and NOx emissions from conventional domestic LPG cooking stoves (1 3 kW) are in the range of 220 ppm to 550 ppm and 5 ppm to 25 ppm, respectively.
These include 'Jiko' and 'Upesi' stoves in Kenya[7], Chinese national stoves program[8], 'Anagi' stoves in Sri Lanka, and 'Sara-ole' stove in Karnataka, India[9].
Though these tests were performed in the laboratory, they confirm the perception that 3-stone stoves use more energy than improved stoves [2, 9, 15].
Using the cross-section design ensured that experiments were simultaneously carried out from both types of stoves [9].
In areas where the storm's impact made it difficult to boil water due to the unavailability of gas or stoves, 70,000 jars with colloidal silver were distributed.
Of particular note, the OR for kerosene primary stoves, compared with electric stoves (2.33; 95% CI: 1.40, 3.86), is comparable to or greater than that for biomass stoves (2.13; 95% CI: 1.34, 3.41).
Likewise, a study in China found strong associations between lung cancer and use of biomass-burning stoves (27).
Compared to unventilated burning, respirable particulate matter (PM10) and BaP levels during ventilated burning were found to be 2-6 times lower (PM10: 2.08 mg/m for unvented stoves vs. 0.71 mg/m for vented stoves; BaP: 1.66 µg/m for unvented stoves vs. 0.25 µg/m for vented stoves) [20].
In fact, the children who exclusively used the improved Inkawasi kitchen stoves exhibited significant improvements in the largest number of questionnaires items (n = 6/28; Table 1) compared to those alternating use of the 2 stoves (n = 1/28; p < 0.05), as well as those not using the improved stoves (0/28; p < 0.02).
