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Clean stoves already in use in rural India

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The health and pollution problems caused by primitive heating stoves (Nature 490, 343; 2012) are already being addressed in one rural Indian community.

In the state of Arunachal Pradesh in the eastern Himalayas — a biodiversity hot spot (N. Myers et al. Nature 403, 853–858; 2000) — most people use biomass fuel as their primary source of energy. It is burnt in a safe, energy-efficient and smoke-free stove called a chulha.

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Kumar, S. Clean stoves already in use in rural India. Nature 491, 333 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/491333b

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