[Stoves] Off-topic news: Uni of Iowa hosts conference to save millions of lives globally

[Nikhil Desai]

Going up in Smoke program schedule at http://bit.ly/WCSmoke

5 April 2017

UI hosts conference to save millions of lives globally
<https://now.uiowa.edu/2017/04/ui-hosts-conference-save-millions-lives-globally>

"Millions of women around the world die every year from the simple
household task of cooking...

>From April 12–14, the University of Iowa will host a group of
internationally recognized experts at a conference, Women’s Health and the
Environment: Going up in Smoke
<http://events.uiowa.edu/event/worldcanvass_womens_health_and_the_environment#.WOUV13QrK3A>,
to address this silent global crisis...

The World Health Organization estimates that the *carbon dioxide*, carbon
monoxide, and other pollutants released while burning biomass lead to 4
million deaths annually...

“Even in developing countries where this is such a problem, there is very
little media discussion about this issue because* these deaths are spread
out over the year and therefore not sensational*. It’s what Rob Nixon, a
professor at Princeton, calls a ‘slow violence.’”


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