<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Nikhil and list:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>This just came in for 5 days from now. Happens to be heavy on WHO.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The key link is </div><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="856" style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241); width: 642pt; border-collapse: collapse;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td style="padding: 0.75pt;" class=""><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 18.899999618530273px;" class=""> </p></td><td width="850" style="width: 637.5pt; padding: 0.75pt;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: 16.799999237060547px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><a href="https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6749480047610317058" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class=""><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 16.100000381469727px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">This webinar</span></a></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="">which takes you to: <a href="https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6749480047610317058" class="">https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6749480047610317058</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>I suggest waiting until after this webinar to answer your questions about WHO and stoves.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Ron</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="864" style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; width: 648.2pt; border-collapse: collapse;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td style="border-style: none solid; border-left-color: rgb(41, 159, 47); border-left-width: 1.5pt; border-right-color: rgb(41, 159, 47); border-right-width: 1.5pt; padding: 0in;" class=""><div align="center" class=""><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="766" style="width: 574.5pt; border-collapse: collapse;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td valign="top" style="padding: 7.5pt;" class=""><p align="center" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: center; line-height: 18.899999618530273px;" class=""><strong class=""><i class=""><span style="font-size: 19pt; line-height: 26.600000381469727px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Using Stove Emissions Data to Estimate Air Quality:</span></i></strong></p><p align="center" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 13.5pt; text-align: center; line-height: 18.899999618530273px;" class=""><strong class=""><i class=""><span style="font-size: 17.5pt; line-height: 24.5px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">An overview of World Health Organization current modeling approaches and future plans</span></i></strong><strong class=""><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 18.899999618530273px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""></span></strong></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: center; line-height: 18.899999618530273px;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-size: 15pt; line-height: 21px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Tuesday, September 13, 2016</span></strong><strong class=""><span style="font-size: 15pt; line-height: 21px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""></span></strong></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: center; line-height: 18.899999618530273px;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 18.899999618530273px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""><strong class="">11:00 AM - 12:30 PM EDT / 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM PDT</strong></span></b></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr class=""><td style="border-style: none solid; border-left-color: rgb(41, 159, 47); border-left-width: 1.5pt; border-right-color: rgb(41, 159, 47); border-right-width: 1.5pt; background-color: rgb(86, 156, 106); padding: 0in; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 18.899999618530273px;" class=""> </p></td></tr><tr class=""><td style="border-style: none solid; border-left-color: rgb(41, 159, 47); border-left-width: 1.5pt; border-right-color: rgb(41, 159, 47); border-right-width: 1.5pt; padding: 0in;" class=""><div align="center" class=""><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="98%" style="width: 857px; background-color: rgb(86, 165, 104); border-collapse: collapse; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td width="400" style="width: 300pt; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241); padding: 0in; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="856" style="width: 642pt; border-collapse: collapse;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td style="padding: 0.75pt;" class=""><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 18.899999618530273px;" class=""> </p></td><td width="850" style="width: 637.5pt; padding: 0.75pt;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: 16.799999237060547px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><a href="https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6749480047610317058" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class=""><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 16.100000381469727px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">This webinar</span></a><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 16.100000381469727px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> will provide background on how stove emissions can be related to concentrations of indoor air quality and vice versa. The modeling approach to be described is the same as that used for the development of the emissions guidance in the International Workshop Agreement 11:2012: </span><a href="https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:std:iso:iwa:11:ed-1:v1:en" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class=""><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 16.100000381469727px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Guidelines for evaluating cookstove performance</span></a><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 16.100000381469727px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">; and the </span><a href="http://www.who.int/indoorair/guidelines/hhfc/en/" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class=""><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 16.100000381469727px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">WHO Guidelines for Indoor Air Quality: Household Fuel Combustion</span></a><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 16.100000381469727px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">.</span></div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: 16.799999237060547px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: 9.799999237060547px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: 16.799999237060547px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 16.100000381469727px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">In addition to describing how the model can be used to estimate air quality or derive emissions targets, the presentation will include background on the WHO’s work on providing guidance in the household energy sector and planned future activities. These future activities include expanding the model’s capabilities (e.g., accounting for stove stacking), as well as providing an interactive web version of the model for which regionally-based data can be input for more relevant local application. The webinar will conclude with a discussion on policy implications, and the interpretation and application of performance targets. </span></div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: 16.799999237060547px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 5pt; line-height: 7px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: 16.799999237060547px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><u class=""><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 16.100000381469727px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Webinar speakers include:</span></u></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: 18.399999618530273px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 17.633333206176758px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Heather Adair-Rohani, Technical Officer, Department of Public Health, Environmental and Social Determinants of Health, World Health Organization</span></div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: 18.399999618530273px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 3pt; line-height: 4.599999904632568px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: 18.399999618530273px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 17.633333206176758px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Nigel Bruce, Professor of Public Health, Department of Public Health and Policy, University of Liverpool; Consultant, World Health Organization</span></div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: 18.399999618530273px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 3pt; line-height: 4.599999904632568px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: 18.399999618530273px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 17.633333206176758px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Michael Johnson, Senior Scientist, Berkeley Air Monitoring Group</span></div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: 18.399999618530273px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: 10.733332633972168px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 18.899999618530273px;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 16.100000381469727px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Register today </span></b><a href="https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6749480047610317058" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 16.100000381469727px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">HERE</span></b></a><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 16.100000381469727px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">!</span></b><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 16.100000381469727px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> Webinar participation is free. For the web portion, a high-speed internet connection is required. <strong class=""><span style="font-weight: normal;" class="">The webinar technology allows attendees to listen to audio through their computer or by phone.</span></strong><b class=""> </b>Additional log-in information will be provided upon registration</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">. </span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 16.100000381469727px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">For more information on this webinar, please contact: </span><a href="mailto:moderator@cookstovesandindoorair.org" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class=""><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 16.100000381469727px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">moderator@cookstovesandindoorair.org</span></a><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 18.899999618530273px;" class=""> </p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Sep 7, 2016, at 1:36 PM, Traveller <<a href="mailto:miata98@gmail.com" class="">miata98@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Clean Cookstoves Need Better Performance Guidelines
Daniel L. Wilson, LBNL<br class=""><br class=""><a href="http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acs.est.5b05628" class="">http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acs.est.5b05628</a> <br class=""><br class="">"However, while emission rate and indoor concentration
are mechanistrically linked, indoor concentrations from
episodic sourcese are not meaningfully linked with respiratory
intake or uptake.4 The implicit assumption of today’s standards
is that a cookstove with lower emission rates will lead to lower
indoor concentrations of pollutants and will therefore be safer
for the user. However, this assumption is not necessarily true."<br class=""><br class="">Amen. <br class=""><br class="">What next? Would somebody talk about cooking deaths and the basis of WHO IAQ Guidelines? <br class=""><br class="">Or about what service standard a "performance standard" is to be sought to linked to? <br class=""><br class="">Or whether exposure changes and disease incidence can be predicted over the next 30 years with any degree of reliability? <br class=""><br class="">Who are scientists accountable to, even when they are (or not) accountable to themselves? <br class=""><br class="">Time to bring on lawyers and economists to examine proper use of taxpayers' money. (Foundations are subsidized via tax exemptions.)<br class=""><br class="">Would anybody consider going back to the basics - what is cooking, why is cooking, who is cooking, how is cooking? <br class=""><br class="">Nikhil<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class="">
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