The World Health Organization considers kerosene a polluting fuel and recommends that "governments and medical practitioners immediately stop promoting its use in the household."
Petroleum smoke contains high levels of harmful particulate matter, and household kerosene use is as ...
In the first half of the 19th century, intensive attempts were made to obtain more efficient and cheaper fuel than the various types of oil and their mixtures used to date.
To this end, research was conducted on crude oil, from which kerosene was obtained by distillation. ...