[Stoves] health impact

[Christina Espinosa]

The most recient studies can be found here:

CDC Study in Kenya
http://www.cleancookstoves.org/blog/evaluating-six-biomass.html

Current large scale study on health impact:
http://www.capstudy.org

There are also two additional studies being done in Guatemala right now.

Best,
Christina

On Wednesday, September 3, 2014, Crispin Pemberton-Pigott <
crispinpigott at outlook.com> wrote:

> Dear Samer
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> Thanks for popping up.
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> Look for LPG stoves introduced in Sudan – urban or rural. I think you can
> contact Liz Bates, ex-Boiling Point Magazine, for details on it. Date?
> Maybe 2006.
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> For social impact perhaps the descendant of the Paraffin Safety
> Association PASASA in South Africa.  What’s it called?
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> What to watch for is boo-boos like the general evaluation being on the
> basis that fuels have ‘inherent emissions’ (ignoring the stove as the main
> variable) which is an element of error in the analysis in the Lancet
> article. In other words, the comparison might be made ‘between fuels’,
> blaming a fuel for the emissions of a stove. Thank goodness the Mongolian
> stove programme moved beyond that several years ago. It is now widely known
> that the stove+fuel+user combination determines the emissions.
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> So when you find an evaluation, watch what they ‘blame’. Sometimes odd
> memes are extended for strange reasons.
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> I was surprised, quite frankly, that the good doctors writing for Lancet
> accepted the idea that a fuel ‘has emissions’, not the stove. I wonder what
> they think smoke is made from.  Anyway, it brings attention to the work
> being done to improve performance and reduce exposure.
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> Regards
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> Your fan Crispin
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> *From:* Stoves [mailto:stoves-bounces at lists.bioenergylists.org
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> *On Behalf Of *Samer Abdelnour
> *Sent:* Thursday, September 04, 2014 2:25 AM
> *To:* stoves
> *Subject:* [Stoves] health impact
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> This is an interesting discussion.
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> Is anyone is aware of rigorous research that field tests the adoption of a
> particular stove technology over time, and measures specifically (either
> through a baseline or control) change in indoor pollutants in households
> along with non-stove health variables (such as nutrition levels, external
> exposure to pollutants, etc.) over the life cycle of a stove in a specific
> context/community?
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> I'm not really interested in generalizations and estimates, studies based
> on lab tests, or studies that do not measure pollution as part of field
> testing. I'd be particularly interested in longitudinal studies that take
> into consideration social and environmental indicators when making claims
> on stove effectiveness.
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> Thanks in advance.
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> Samer
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-- 
Christina Espinosa
University of the Pacific '10
School of International Studies
c_espinosa1 at u.pacific.edu
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