[Stoves] Article based on Cooking forum observations

[nari phaltan]

Thanks Nikhil for the clarification.

Anil

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On Thu, Nov 2, 2017 at 9:11 PM, Nikhil Desai <pienergy2008 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Anil:
>
> Re: "There are reports (the veracity of the data is questionable) that
> nine million deaths take place globally every year due to indoor air
> pollution in rural households."
>
> There are no 'data', just  manufactured estimates on assumptions piled on
> assumptions.
>
> Still, the proper claim should be "Worldwide, some four million deaths per
> year out of some 55 million are attributed to diseases where air pollution
> from household use of solid fuels for cooking and heating is thought to be
> a significant risk factor. Attribution is not causality, and
> attributability is not avoidability. Reduction of such pollution - measured
> by WHO as % of households claiming to rely primarily on solid fuels - will
> not necessarily result in lower rates of mortality or disease incidence.
> People die, and even if from the same diseases, other sources of air
> pollution - natural or anthropogenic - will be blamed as a "risk factor."
>
> To me, this is academic conceit and deceit. There are no lifetime data on
> dose or response, nor do blames for the past can be projected for the
> future.
>
> Nikhil
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 2, 2017 at 4:28 AM, nari phaltan <nariphaltan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/lanstoves
>> -rural-restaurants-way-to-clean-cooking-in-village-
>> households-comment-special-to-ians-117110200505_1.html
>>
>> Cheers.
>>
>> Anil
>>
>> Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute (NARI)
>> Tambmal, Phaltan-Lonand Road
>> P.O.Box 44
>> Phaltan-415523, Maharashtra, India
>> Ph:+91-9168937964 <+91%2091689%2037964>
>> e-mail:nariphaltan at gmail.com
>>            nariphaltan at nariphaltan.org
>>
>> http://www.nariphaltan.org
>>
>> http://nariphaltan.org/about-2/awards/  Awards for NARI staff
>> http://nariphaltan.org/nari-in-press/  NARI in press
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
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