Rwanda 1 (IMAGE)

Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS)

Rwanda 1

Caption

During the study in Rwanda, researchers from TROPOS used mobile measuring devices to measure air pollution with particulate matter (PM2.5) and its toxic components such as soot and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and found significant differences in pollution levels between cooking with traditional and modern stoves.

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Leizel Madueno / Andrea Cuesta, TROPOS

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