[Stoves] News: Biomass cookstoves and health in Nigeria

[Traveller]

 Use of Ethanol Cookstoves Can Lower BP, Reduce HTN
<http://www.doctorslounge.com/index.php/news/pb/69250>, Doctors Lounge 13
January 2017

Nigeria: Clean-burning stoves improve health for new mothers,
<https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-01/uocm-ncs011217.php> Press
Release, Uni of Chicago Medical Center,

Original research article behind a paywall.

Outrageous claims:

"a team of researchers from the University of Chicago and the University of
Ibadan (Nigeria) was able to reduce the risk of high blood pressure and
cardiovascular disease in pregnant women."

Oh, researchers were able to reduce the risk?? Do we have "clean
researchers" any more?

"Hypertensive disease caused by cooking-related household air pollution
during pregnancy is a major cause of death and disease for pregnant women
and their infants."

Utter nonsense. Only public health nuts would fall for such lies.

To be fair to researchers, it is entirely possible that the press release
was written by some utterly incompetent dude.

Next, research on GHG implications of ethanol production and delivery in
Nigeria.

As if Boko Haram were an ignorable threat to Nigerian girls and mothers.

Nikhil
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