Pollution – In and Out
The ever-increasing outdoor air pollution levels have played havoc with many Indian cities. The same is true indoors as well. According to a World Health Organization (WHO) report in 2014, over 145 million Indian households still rely on basic solid fuels such as wood, animal dung, charcoal, municipal and industrial waste and coal for cooking. These solid fuels are burned in inefficient stoves that are not only harming the environment but pose a serious threat to the health of people who cook, which are mostly women.They produce high levels of house air pollution from health-damaging pollutants to small soot particles that penetrate deep into the lungs.