[Stoves] Air pollution kills

[Paul Anderson]

Stovers,

I just thought you might find this interesting. '

This came from  the issue on Wednesday 2 May 2018 of:


Nature Briefing 
<https://nature.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2c6057c528fdc6f73fa196d9d&id=d2eab8d5f6&e=562108ab5a> 


Hello /Nature/ readers,

>
>     Air pollution kills 7 million people a year
>     <https://nature.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2c6057c528fdc6f73fa196d9d&id=fed70f971c&e=562108ab5a>
>
> About 90% of the world’s population is exposed to dangerously high 
> levels of air pollution 
> <https://nature.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2c6057c528fdc6f73fa196d9d&id=e7570b0287&e=562108ab5a>, 
> says the World Health Organization. Toxic air leads to the early death 
> of an estimated 7 million people every year, including an estimated 
> 3.8 million deaths from indoor cooking with polluting fuels. More than 
> 90% of air pollution-related deaths occur in low- and middle-income 
> countries, but even in high-income European cities, air pollution is 
> knocking 2–24 months off people’s lives.
>
> The Times 
> <https://nature.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2c6057c528fdc6f73fa196d9d&id=4f7c6ff0a2&e=562108ab5a> 
> | 4 min read
40% of the world population cook with solid fuels.   So 60% do not.   Of 
that 60%, 50%  (50% of 60% is  83%) ALSO are exposed by dangerously high 
levels of air pollution.

Basically, nobody is safe.

So why push for LPG for the poorest 40% when even that is not going to 
do much good for them????   Or is that mainly a promotion effort by LPG 
business?

So it seems like there is no chance of pleasing the WHO.   7 million 
deaths per year from air pollution.

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I will keep pushing for cleaner cookstoves, espacially the 
micro-gasifier TLUD type.


Paul



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