Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has announced a plan to get cleanerburning cooking stoves into developing countries.
The plan aimes to reduce deaths caused by smoke from the traditional use soild fuels and open fires.
Almost half the world's people breathe smoke from coal and biomass fuels like wood, dung and crop waste.The smke can lead to lung cancer, heart disease. low birth weight and other problems.
It also increases the risk of pneumonia, a leading cause of death in young children.
