Sentences with phrase «indoor cooking pollution»

The UN estimate is about 1.6 million premature deaths worldwide each year from indoor cooking pollution.]

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But one of the things that I have been very impressed by here is a lot of the stories of hope; many folks have traveled a long way to share what they are doing on a very local level to help combat climate change, and that's everything from, kind of, rural electrification in Africa and India, you know, bringing light to people who are still using dung or coal for cooking and heating and dying from indoor air pollution to, you know, major renewable energy projects, say, here in Denmark where they now get 20 percent of their electricity from wind power.

Here are some other top successes: destroying stockpiles of chemical weapons globally as well as local stores of DDT in Tanzania; new cooking stoves to eliminate indoor air pollution in Ghana; separating copper mine tailings from the local water supply in Chile; alternative fuels to reduce air pollution in New Delhi as well as treating arsenic in well water in West Bengal; removing lead - contaminated soil in the Dominican Republic and Russia; reducing mercury vapors from artisanal gold mining in Indonesia; and new sewage systems to clean up contaminated Suzhou Creek in Shanghai.

This type of cooking paired with poor ventilation leads to high levels of indoor air pollution which can contribute to lung cancer.

Women and children are more likely to be affected by this indoor pollution due to their proximity to the cooking fire, and time spent in the household.

Indoor pollution can be the result of everything we have already outlined above and a few other sources such as pets, things kids track indoors, cooking, and more.

But it's also a moment to remember that millions of children and adults still die needlessly annually from exposure to mosquitoes, fetid water or palls of indoor air pollution from smoldering cooking fires; some governments and companies still trample human rights and pristine ecosystems to extract timber and minerals in remote places, and some among us plot atrocities or torture and subjugate those who are different or, too often, simply female.

Primitive cook stoves create indoor air pollution because homes are poorly ventilated and the dirty air sits in the home, breathed in by the occupants.

It identifies a number of win - win strategies for health and climate change mitigation, including improved and energy - efficient heating and cooking facilities to reduce indoor pollution.

According to the report, if the current trajectory continues, 2.3 billion people will continue to use traditional cooking methods in 2030, which are currently responsible for some four million deaths linked to indoor pollution a year.

Indoor air pollution in developing countries kills more than 3.5 million a year, almost all are women who cook the food over fires.

However, it can also be affected by indoor pollution sources such as tobacco smoking and unvented cooking or heating appliances using gas.

By switching from traditional wood fires to clean biogas for cooking, indoor air pollution can be drastically reduced, thereby the risk of respiratory disease decreases.

Good health and well - being: Improved cook stoves reduce indoor air pollution.

And then there is indoor air pollution from materials, finishes, fittings, appliances, heating systems and cooking.

The Breathing Space Programme, by replacing traditional stoves, contributes towards solving the indoor air pollution problem by deploying cleaner and greener cooking stoves in addition to reducing Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions.

Indoor pollution — caused by burning a fire inside your house, cabin, hut or tent to cook and keep warm — was a deadly global problem until the late 19th century when cheap kerosene, a fossil fuel byproduct, became available in America and Europe.

Many of the deaths were due to outdoor air pollution from coal fired power stations and many others were from indoor cooking fires using coal.

Besides retrofitting two - strokes in the Philippines, the environmental non-profit will also be collaborating with the U.K. - based Shell Foundation to reduce the number of global deaths caused by indoor air pollution — or more precisely, the smoke the billows forth from traditional fires and stoves used in homes in developing countries — by distributing cleaner - burning cook stoves.

In developing countries the Soccket is able to give families a power source for lighting and cooking in place of kerosene lamps and wood - burning stoves that cause indoor pollution and numerous health problems for those that use them.

A solution, as Envirofit sees it: New cookstoves, which while still burning biomass (wood, crop waste, dried animal dung) reduce indoor air pollution by 80 %, reduce fuel usage by 50 % and decrease cooking times by 40 %.

Moving from firewood to electricity generated in coal - fired plants is a genuine improvement, a technical remedy that separates cooking and heating from deforestation and severe indoor air pollution, even though the new source of energy contributes to local smog and global warming.

In addition to outdoor air pollution, indoor smoke is a serious health risk for some 3 billion people who cook and heat their homes with biomass, kerosene fuels and coal.

While modern gas and electric cooking stoves might be more practical and produce less indoor pollution than the open fires and crude stoves used in developing countries, they are equally energy inefficient.

Guidance recommends interventions across sectors, including comprehensive sexuality education in schools; higher age limits for alcohol consumption; mandating seat - belts and helmets through laws; reducing access to and misuse of firearms; reducing indoor air pollution through cleaner cooking fuels; and increasing access to safe water, sanitation, and hygiene.

The kitchen is a key source of indoor air pollution, especially with a gas stove, so make sure to use a range hood with an exhaust fan to remove the pollutants created from cooking and preparing meals.