Death toll of biomass burning.Indoor burning of biomass such as wood, dung DUNG. Manure. Sometimes it is real estate, and at other times personal property. When collected in a heap, it is personal estate; when spread out on the land, it becomes incorporated in it, and it is then real estate. Vide Manure. , crop residue There are two types of agricultural crop residues. Field residues are materials left in an agricultural field or orchard after the crop has been harvested. These residues include stalks and stubble (stems), leaves, and seed pods. , and charcoal charcoal, substance obtained by partial burning or carbonization (destructive distillation) of organic material. It is largely pure carbon. The entry of air during the carbonization process is controlled so that the organic material does not turn to ash, as in a kills 1.6 million people each year, including 1 million children, reports the nongovernmental British Intermediate Technology Development Group. Biomass releases particulate matter particulate matter n. Abbr. PM Material suspended in the air in the form of minute solid particles or liquid droplets, especially when considered as an atmospheric pollutant. Noun 1. when burned, which can contribute to diseases such as pneumonia, cancer, tuberculosis, and asthma. The group's December 2003 report, Smoke: The Killer in the Kitchen, says 2.4 billion people burn biomass for cooking and heating, and another 200 million people will do so by 2030. Over half the people using biomass live in China and India, although the proportion of biomass use is highest in sub-Saharan Africa. |
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