Oct 3, 2022 · Using solid fuels for both cooking and heating (OR = 2.36; 95% CI, 1.38, 4.03) was associated with a higher risk of all-cause mortality, while using solid fuels with a single purpose was not (OR = 1.52; 95% CI, 0.90, 2.55).

Oct 27, 2021 · The World Health Organization’s (WHO) latest data estimates around 3.8 million people die each year from illnesses, including pneumonia and lung cancer, linked to household air pollution (HAP) from cooking over stoves indoors with these solid fuels and kerosene.

Share of households by region who rely on wood, crop residues, dung, charcoal, or coal as the main cooking fuel. Burning these solid fuels can cause illnesses like pneumonia, stroke, heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and lung cancer.

Sep 5, 2014 · Here, for the 2010 Global Burden of Disease project (GBD 2010), we evaluated the impact of household cooking with solid fuels on regional population-weighted ambient PM 2.5 (particulate matter ≤ 2.5 μm) pollution (APM 2.5).

Solid fuels, including both biomass and fossil fuels, have often been considered as ‘the problem’ in discussions on improved cooking solutions, although most can be burnt very cleanly and efficiently.

The study evaluates the health impacts of household air pollution from solid fuel use for cooking across 11 countries, finding that solid fuel use is linked to increased risks of all-cause mortality, cardiovascular disease, and respiratory disease.

We estimated the prevalence of solid-fuel use with high spatial resolution to explore subnational inequalities, assess local progress, and assess the effects on health in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) without universal access to clean fuels.

WHO has since revised its estimates (2012), attributing 4.3 million premature deaths per year to exposure to household air pollution (HAP) from cooking with solid fuels; this revised figure includes both indoor and outdoor exposure to pollution from household solid fuels.

5 days ago · Introduction . Around the world, 2.3 billion people lack access to clean cooking technologies and rely on burning solid fuels like wood, charcoal, and animal dung to cook and heat their homes, often with open fires, according to World Health Organization statistics. The EPA works with partners to expand access to, and sustained use of, clean cooking technologies with the goal of ensuring ...

Solid fuel use is most prevalent in Africa and Southeast Asia where > 60% of households cook with solid fuels. In other regions, primary solid fuel use ranges from 46% in the Western Pacific, to 35% in the Eastern Mediterranean and < 20% in the Americas and Europe.