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Tuesday, October 18, 2011

The Salt

Curbing Cooking Smoke That Kills More People Than Malaria

Women in India using an Envirofit clean cookstove to reduce indoor air pollution

October 18, 2011 Limited research on the health effects of indoor cookstoves and lack of affordable stoves and fuel has contributed to the problem of people getting sick and dying from indoor exposure to cooking smoke, say NIH Director Francis Collins and others.

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