Farmers burn rice straw to clear a field beside the road between Dala and Twante in Yangon Region on December 14. Biomass burning, including crop residues, contribute significantly to Yangon's air pollution. (Hkun Lat | Frontier)
Farmers burn rice straw to clear a field beside the road between Dala and Twante in Yangon Region on December 14. Biomass burning, including crop residues, contribute significantly to Yangon's air pollution. (Hkun Lat | Frontier)

Air pollution: The other invisible menace

While COVID-19 gets all the attention, air pollution contributes to far more deaths each year in Myanmar and a recent joint study has helped shed light on the sources of this pollution in Yangon.

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