Representational photo: A woman cooking using biomass as fuels

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Study Claims Cooking With Biomass Fuels Lead To High Risk Of Lung Damage

A study by Iowa University and Periyar Maniammai Institute of Science and Technology has shown that people cooking with biomass fuels are more vulnerable to lung damage. The researchers used comparative Advanced CT scan imaging to prove that lungs of biomass users had a higher level of trapped pollutants than those using LPG. It also mentioned biomass pollutants are capable of killing around 4 million people from household air pollution.

Fri, 27 Nov 2020 - 12:43 PM / by Harsh Vardhan

Tags: North America, Iowa University, CT Scan, Pollution

Courtesy: Hindustan Times