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Grades 9-12

Cleaner Cookstoves: Combatting Indoor Air Pollution

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SUBJECTS: Science, Social Studies

TOPICS: Air Pollution, Public Health

Resource Overview

Air pollution case study reading: Learn about initiatives to tackle health problems of indoor air pollution in poor countries by providing households with cleaner burning cookstoves.

A woman in Guatemala using an indoor stove to prepare food.

How Do I Get This Reading?

This reading must be purchased as part of a lesson packet or as part of a full curriculum that is available in our store.

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