Large fires are visible, attract attention, and are often monitored. But what about thousands of small fires lit every day for cooking and keeping warm?
These fires may look insignificant individually, but together they contribute to serious local air pollution, especially in densely populated areas.
Who is monitoring them? Who is measuring their cumulative impact? And who is enforcing pollution controls at the local level?
We cannot fight air pollution by focusing only on large, visible sources while ignoring the countless small fires burning every day.
The invisible crisis is often hiding in plain sight.
