[Stoves] Air pollution kills

[Nikhil Desai]

Paul:

This is hyperbole, deceit, nonsense.

Instead of "attribution", they claim "contribute", implying non-existent
causal pathway.

Just remember and recite with Kirk Smith - attribution is not causality and
attributability is not avoidability. In short, ANCANA.

You say, "Basically, nobody is safe."

Of course, nobody is safe from death. Which cause, whether known and
identified as such is one question. (Never sure about this; read WHO
reports on causes of death and data on death.)

NOBODY NEEDS TO PLEASE WHO. WHO IS WHO? These are public health charlatans
promoting hysteria and careers.

Now, if you really need to know when air pollution kills, here is today's
story. (In childhood, we had a tale about a blind king in a city of blinds
or blindness. He ordered the whole city to be paved with stone and leather
so there would be no dust.)

Keep in mind - there is no basis for PM2.5 hourly average emission rate
targets in the ISO exercise. Leave aside fuel or stove type or whatever.

N

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-43987209

India dust storms: More than 100 killed in Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan
http://www.bbc.com/news/av/embed/p0665g2z/43987209

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Nikhil Desai
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On Wed, May 2, 2018 at 8:36 PM, Paul Anderson <psanders at ilstu.edu> wrote:

> Stovers,
>
> I just thought you might find this interesting. '
>
> This came from  the issue on Wednesday 2 May 2018 of:
>
>
> [image: 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.
>
> ************
>
> I will keep pushing for cleaner cookstoves, espacially the micro-gasifier
> TLUD type.
>
>
> Paul
>
>
>
> --
> Doc  /  Dr TLUD  /  Prof. Paul S. Anderson, PhD
> Email:  psanders at ilstu.edu
> Skype:   paultlud    Phone: +1-309-452-7072
> Website:  www.drtlud.com
>
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