[Stoves] Premature deaths

[Crispin Pemberton-Pigott]

Dear friends

Further to my message a couple of days ago, here is the ‎link to a more realistic assessment by the WHO. This link is on the same page as the misinformation quoted earlier.

‎http://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/household-air-pollution-and-health

It correctly talked about premature deaths, not causes of death.

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Pneumonia
Exposure to household air pollution almost doubles the risk for childhood pneumonia and is responsible for  45% of all pneumonia deaths in children less than 5 years old.   Household air pollution is also risk for acute lower respiratory infections (pneumonia) in adults, and contributes to 28% of all adult deaths to pneumonia.

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One quibble is that ‎the number claimed for PM2.5 being a 'cause of pneumonia' does not disaggregate chest infections cause by chronic under-heating from smoke-attributable conditions.

Regards
Crispin

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