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Smoky fires raise risk of respiratory diseases, early death [1]

Some three billion people — a third of the world's population — are exposed to “toxic amounts” of pollution produced when households burn plant material, animal dung and coal for cooking, lighting

Publication Date: 
04/09/2014
N. Gopal Raj [2]
Hindu (New Delhi) [3]
Tags:
Indoor Air Pollution [4], Respiratory Diseases [5], Global [6], Population [7], Health Effects [8], Lung Disease [9], Air Pollution [10]

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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/n-gopal-raj
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/hindu-new-delhi
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/indoor-air-pollution
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/respiratory-diseases
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/global
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/population
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/lung-disease
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/air-pollution