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/ 8 January 2007

How indoor air pollution is killing women

Women and young girls coughing and choking as they cook food over traditional stoves that burn wood, leaves or dung is a common a sight in poor homes across Asia, Africa and Latin America. But no one notices the deleterious effects. More than 1,5-million females die prematurely every year by inhaling such poisonous fumes.