<div dir="ltr">Paul: <br><br>There is more to WHO claims. Another story from yesterday, where WHO DG says, <br><br>
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<h1 style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 25px;line-height:1.1;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font size="4" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:GothamBlack;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:500;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">14 cities with worst air pollution are in India: WHO , 02 May 2018 </font><font size="2" style="font-weight:normal"><a href="https://www.domain-b.com/environment/20180502_air_pollution.html">https://www.domain-b.com/environment/20180502_air_pollution.html</a></font></h1><div>I agree with him. But urge WHO to keep its nose out of where it does not belong. <br><br>Holy cows need to be branded and taken to the slaughterhouse. <br><br>Nikhil </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="georgia, serif">------------------------</font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="georgia, serif">Nikhil Desai</font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">(US +1) 202 568 5831</span><font face="georgia, serif"><br><i>Skype: nikhildesai888</i></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 3, 2018 at 6:42 PM, Nikhil Desai <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ndesai@alum.mit.edu" target="_blank">ndesai@alum.mit.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Paul: <br><br>This is hyperbole, deceit, nonsense. <br><br>Instead of "attribution", they claim "contribute", implying non-existent causal pathway. <br><br>Just remember and recite with Kirk Smith - attribution is not causality and attributability is not avoidability. In short, ANCANA. <div><br></div><div>You say, "Basically, nobody is safe." <br><br>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.) <br><br>NOBODY NEEDS TO PLEASE WHO. WHO IS WHO? These are public health charlatans promoting hysteria and careers. </div><div><br></div><div>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.) <br><br>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. <br><br>N</div><div><br><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-43987209" target="_blank">http://www.bbc.com/news/world-<wbr>asia-india-43987209</a><br><br>
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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 2, 2018 at 8:36 PM, Paul Anderson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:psanders@ilstu.edu" target="_blank">psanders@ilstu.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<h2><a href="https://nature.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2c6057c528fdc6f73fa196d9d&id=fed70f971c&e=562108ab5a" target="_blank">Air pollution kills 7 million people a year</a></h2>
<p style="line-height:1.5">About <a href="https://nature.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2c6057c528fdc6f73fa196d9d&id=e7570b0287&e=562108ab5a" target="_blank">90%
of the world’s population is exposed to dangerously high
levels of air pollution</a>, 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%
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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. <br>
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Basically, nobody is safe.<br>
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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? <br>
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So it seems like there is no chance of pleasing the WHO. 7 million
deaths per year from air pollution. <br>
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