Dying to eat. Smoke from cooking food kills millions
The BBC's
Alex Kirby reports that research conducted by the
Intermediate Technology Development Group (ITDG) has found that in the developing world
1 person dies every 20 seconds due to
smoke inhilation, as a result of using wood, charcoal, vegetation + dung to cook food in poorly ventilated conditions.
This is more people than die of malaria, and the result of people who live + cook in huts breathing in huge levels of smoke - approx. equivalent to that produced by
two packets of cigarettes per day.
The
ITDG is calling for support for the
Partnership for Clean Indoor Air, backed by the
World Health Organisation,
World Bank, US
Environmental Protection Agency and others.
Click here to read the
ITDG report Smoke: the Killer in the Kitchen + here for the
executive summary which includes many
useful links.
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