Burning plastic as fuel for cooking and heating releases toxic chemicals into the air and contaminates food. Yet this is ...

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It has been used at a small scale for several decades, mainly in rural South and Central America ... coastal mountain city - could provide the people of Alto Hospicio's slums with a sustainable ...