Burning wood indoors could cause damage in a similar way to cigarette smoke, researchers have warned, after a new study linked the growing popularity of domestic wood burning to lung damage. Wood ...

A new study warns that indoor wood-burning stoves significantly damage lung capacity, comparable to cigarette smoking, even among healthier users. Despite these growing health risks and increased air ...

Using a wood-burning stove at home can lead to a decline in lung function, according to research presented at the European Respiratory Society Congress in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The study was ...

Women in developing countries who cook over a wood stove for years and inhale the smoke can develop chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and experience the same clinical characteristics, ...

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Burning wood indoors could cause damage akin to cigarette smoke, researchers have warned, after a new study linked the growing popularity of domestic wood burning to lung damage. Wood burning stoves ...

One of the most talked-about public-health initiatives is improving indoor air quality in the rural developing world. Traditional cookstoves — mud basins in which villagers burn wood, charcoal or dung ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Open fires and wood burning stoves are one of the biggest sources of small pollution particles (Getty/iStock) Burning wood indoors ...

Burning wood indoors could cause damage in a similar way to cigarette smoke, researchers have warned, after a new study linked the growing popularity of domestic wood burning to lung damage. Wood ...