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<p class="MsoNormal">Including a belated response regarding the earlier email chains, but wanted to be sure the Alliance contributed to the discussion….<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Alliance’s current understanding of the state of technology aligns with<span style="color:#1F497D">
</span>WHO’s <a href="http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/141496/1/9789241548885_eng.pdf">
Indoor Air Quality Guidelines</a><span style="color:#1F497D"> </span>which recommend<span style="color:#1F497D">s</span> that coal should not be used as a household fuel, concluding that its combustion in the HH is carcinogenic, containing toxic elements not
destroyed by combustion. Similarly, the IAQC cites existing evidence that shows household use of kerosene can lead to levels of particulate matter and other pollutants that exceed WHO guidelines. As well, the risk of burns, fires and poisoning, associated
with the use of kerosene in developing countries is a cause for concern<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333;background:white">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.who.int/indoorair/guidelines/hhfc/recommendation_3/en/">http://www.who.int/indoorair/guidelines/hhfc/recommendation_3/en/</a></span><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.who.int/indoorair/guidelines/hhfc/recommendation_4/en/">http://www.who.int/indoorair/guidelines/hhfc/recommendation_4/en/</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Overall, the Alliance supports and promotes a range of technologies, innovations and processing that will optimize fuel combustion leading to efficiency gains and cleanliness, but we also acknowledge that there are tradeoffs between all
different fuels and technologies. Rufus Edwards from UC Irvine, will be speaking at the Ghana Forum on the panel “No Boundaries: household to ambient air pollution” about the Millennium Challenge Corporation’s Ulaanbaatar project, which focused on scaling
up more efficient coal burning stoves – we welcome participation from the Stoves ListServ community in the discussion. I would also recommend any of the 4 stoves that were used in the Mongolian intervention to be added to the Alliance’
<a href="http://catalog.cleancookstoves.org/pages/about">Clean Cooking Catalog</a>, along with any third party test results so we can have the information about the stoves’ performance available to our stakeholders.<span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.cleancookstoves.org/"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="140" height="87" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D0F23F.A085F760" alt="Global_Aliance_Clean_Cookstoves_blue_v23"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D">Seema Patel</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D">Senior Associate | </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#004F89">UN Foundation</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#579C42">Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D">Tel: 202.864.5149 Skype: seema.patel80</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="mailto:spatel@cleancookstoves.org"><span style="color:#0563C1">spatel@cleancookstoves.org</span></a><span style="color:black"><br>
</span></span><a href="http://www.cleancookstoves.org/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#2E74B5">www.cleancookstoves.org</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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