Improved cookstoves emit more ultrafine particles than conventional stoves

Guildford UK (SPX) May 15, 2023

Improved cookstoves, which are widely used for cooking in developing countries, produce twice as many harmful ultrafine air pollution particles (PM0.1) as conventional stoves, according to a new study from the University of Surrey.

Researchers from Surrey’s Global Centre for Clean Air Research (GCARE) found that while improved cookstoves can reduce fine particles (PM2.5) by up to 65%, they
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