The rise of the air purifier industry
home fires: the world\'s most lethal pollution
by：Yovog
2023-07-20
The most deadly pollution in the world is not from factories that smoke billowing, industries that pollute water supply or chemicals that penetrate into farmland.
It comes from people\'s own homes.
According to the World Health Organization, smoke from domestic fires kills nearly 2 million people a year and sickens millions of people (WHO).
A new United Nations project has now been set up in an attempt to reduce this terrible loss.
It aims to install 100 million clean stoves in households in the developing world over the next 9 years.
Who lists this issue as one of the most serious health risks facing the poor. In low-
In income countries like Africa and Asia, indoor smoke from cooking has become the sixth-largest killer.
Globally, it kills more people than malaria, AIDS kills almost as much, and is much more terrible than both.
Part of the problem is the use of fuel, and part of it is the lack of ventilation.
Using basic fuels such as wood, animal feces, crop waste and coal, cooking on open fires and stoves without chimneys can emit dangerous smoke, leading to irreversible diseases and fatal diseases.
Small soot or dust particles go deep into the lungs, causing lung cancer, pneumonia in children and chronic pulmonary disease.
Women and children are the most common victims, and their traditional location is in the kitchen.
Stoves and open fires are the main means of cooking and heating for nearly 3 billion people.
In India, 400,000 people die from toxic smoke every year.
According to the World Health Organization, 500,000 children under the age of 5 die from pneumonia caused by indoor air pollution in Africa.
In Afghanistan, smoke from cooking and heating fires killed 20 times more people in 2010 than in the ongoing conflict.
Of the 2 million people who die every year from home pollution, 44 die from child pneumonia, the biggest cause of child deaths in the world. Fifty-
Four of them died from chronic pulmonary disease and two from lung cancer.
Dr Nigel Bruce, who consultant, said: \"The problem is that traditional open fires and inefficient stoves cause incomplete wood burning, the feces and other solid fuels that most people in developing countries rely on for daily cooking.
While there is a growing awareness of the devastating effects of cooking on indoor pollution on health, there is still a lot of work to be done.
\"In terms of what we call disability-adjusted life years, it combines the burden of death and disease into a single index where indoor smoke comes from low
The income country is ranked fifth, behind children\'s low weight, unsafe water, hygiene and personal hygiene, unsafe sex and insufficient breastfeeding.
This is important because it takes into account the many-year loss of life caused by pneumonia in children, one of the most important diseases caused by pollution from solid fuel smoke.
\"The problem will not disappear soon, nor will it disappear without joint efforts.
The pace of change to clean
The burning rate of stoves and fuels is worrying, and as the population numbers increase, the number of people who rely on biomass fuels will increase with the current trend.
\"A few months ago, the United Nations Foundation launched the Global Alliance for Clean stoves to help advance large
Large-scale adoption of clean and safe home cooking solutions as a way to save lives, improve livelihoods, empower women and reduce emissions from climate change.
The United States has promised $50 (£31m)
For more than five years, the project will be United Nations agencies, furnace manufacturers, non-
Profitable organizations, financiers, governments and others that help achieve widespread adoption of clean stoves.
Leslie colders, interim executive director of the Alliance, said: \"exposure to smoke from traditional stoves and open fires can result in 1.
9 million premature deaths each year.
One person dies every 16 seconds, and more people get sick.
The alliance is working with both public, private and non-
Profit partners to overcome market barriers that hinder the production, deployment and use of clean stoves in the developing world.
\"From now to 2020, new, low
Emissions of advanced biomass furnace technology, or mixing of clean fuel and biomass furnaces, can avoid the death of 600,000 children from pneumonia
The World Health Organization says sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America.
Afghanistan is a clear example of the size of the mission.
In Afghanistan, more than 30 million people burn solid fuels, such as wood and coal, at home, making it one of the 10 countries most affected by indoor pollution.
Dr. Bashir Nomar, director general of the Afghan Institute of Public Health, said the smoke generated by heating and cooking in Afghan homes \"resulted in burns, carbon monoxide poisoning, respiratory diseases and diseases, and death.
The inhalation of coal, wood and straw is associated with lung cancer and head and neck cancer \".
He added: \"Prolonged exposure to wood smoke also significantly increases the risk of cervical cancer in women infected with human hpv.
\"Human HPV causes cervical cancer.
But in a country devastated by war, Dr. Norma said there was no data on how many cancer cases could result from indoor pollution.
Dr Suraya Dalil, Afghanistan\'s acting minister of public health, said the pollution mainly affects women and children because they spend most of their time at home.
\"Indoor pollution is one of the areas that threaten the survival of residents,\" she said . \".
\"We are working to advocate measures to reduce indoor pollution, including providing electricity, improving safety and reducing indoor pollution.
\"Wood is usually used by Afghan families
The burning Buhari, the drum-
A stove, or sandpile, made of thin metal, burns a pit of coal under a small table covered with thick blankets, and people warm underneath.
Honorita Bernasor, Emergency Doctor Without Borders at Ahmed Shah Baba hospital in Kabul, said winter in Afghanistan brought cases of burns and carbon monoxide poisoning.
In December, the hospital treated nearly 100 burns caused by heating or cooking.
\"We will look forward to more cases when the temperature drops,\" she said . \".
\"Bukharis is usually in the middle of the room, where the children run around and put their hands.
We also see a lot of carbon monoxide poisoning.
\"Qudratullah Nasrat, an emergency room doctor at the same hospital, said Afghans are well aware of some symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning, such as headaches and dizziness.
\"A lot of people sit outside and breathe fresh air to treat themselves,\" he said . \".
\"They began to understand the symptoms.
It comes from people\'s own homes.
According to the World Health Organization, smoke from domestic fires kills nearly 2 million people a year and sickens millions of people (WHO).
A new United Nations project has now been set up in an attempt to reduce this terrible loss.
It aims to install 100 million clean stoves in households in the developing world over the next 9 years.
Who lists this issue as one of the most serious health risks facing the poor. In low-
In income countries like Africa and Asia, indoor smoke from cooking has become the sixth-largest killer.
Globally, it kills more people than malaria, AIDS kills almost as much, and is much more terrible than both.
Part of the problem is the use of fuel, and part of it is the lack of ventilation.
Using basic fuels such as wood, animal feces, crop waste and coal, cooking on open fires and stoves without chimneys can emit dangerous smoke, leading to irreversible diseases and fatal diseases.
Small soot or dust particles go deep into the lungs, causing lung cancer, pneumonia in children and chronic pulmonary disease.
Women and children are the most common victims, and their traditional location is in the kitchen.
Stoves and open fires are the main means of cooking and heating for nearly 3 billion people.
In India, 400,000 people die from toxic smoke every year.
According to the World Health Organization, 500,000 children under the age of 5 die from pneumonia caused by indoor air pollution in Africa.
In Afghanistan, smoke from cooking and heating fires killed 20 times more people in 2010 than in the ongoing conflict.
Of the 2 million people who die every year from home pollution, 44 die from child pneumonia, the biggest cause of child deaths in the world. Fifty-
Four of them died from chronic pulmonary disease and two from lung cancer.
Dr Nigel Bruce, who consultant, said: \"The problem is that traditional open fires and inefficient stoves cause incomplete wood burning, the feces and other solid fuels that most people in developing countries rely on for daily cooking.
While there is a growing awareness of the devastating effects of cooking on indoor pollution on health, there is still a lot of work to be done.
\"In terms of what we call disability-adjusted life years, it combines the burden of death and disease into a single index where indoor smoke comes from low
The income country is ranked fifth, behind children\'s low weight, unsafe water, hygiene and personal hygiene, unsafe sex and insufficient breastfeeding.
This is important because it takes into account the many-year loss of life caused by pneumonia in children, one of the most important diseases caused by pollution from solid fuel smoke.
\"The problem will not disappear soon, nor will it disappear without joint efforts.
The pace of change to clean
The burning rate of stoves and fuels is worrying, and as the population numbers increase, the number of people who rely on biomass fuels will increase with the current trend.
\"A few months ago, the United Nations Foundation launched the Global Alliance for Clean stoves to help advance large
Large-scale adoption of clean and safe home cooking solutions as a way to save lives, improve livelihoods, empower women and reduce emissions from climate change.
The United States has promised $50 (£31m)
For more than five years, the project will be United Nations agencies, furnace manufacturers, non-
Profitable organizations, financiers, governments and others that help achieve widespread adoption of clean stoves.
Leslie colders, interim executive director of the Alliance, said: \"exposure to smoke from traditional stoves and open fires can result in 1.
9 million premature deaths each year.
One person dies every 16 seconds, and more people get sick.
The alliance is working with both public, private and non-
Profit partners to overcome market barriers that hinder the production, deployment and use of clean stoves in the developing world.
\"From now to 2020, new, low
Emissions of advanced biomass furnace technology, or mixing of clean fuel and biomass furnaces, can avoid the death of 600,000 children from pneumonia
The World Health Organization says sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America.
Afghanistan is a clear example of the size of the mission.
In Afghanistan, more than 30 million people burn solid fuels, such as wood and coal, at home, making it one of the 10 countries most affected by indoor pollution.
Dr. Bashir Nomar, director general of the Afghan Institute of Public Health, said the smoke generated by heating and cooking in Afghan homes \"resulted in burns, carbon monoxide poisoning, respiratory diseases and diseases, and death.
The inhalation of coal, wood and straw is associated with lung cancer and head and neck cancer \".
He added: \"Prolonged exposure to wood smoke also significantly increases the risk of cervical cancer in women infected with human hpv.
\"Human HPV causes cervical cancer.
But in a country devastated by war, Dr. Norma said there was no data on how many cancer cases could result from indoor pollution.
Dr Suraya Dalil, Afghanistan\'s acting minister of public health, said the pollution mainly affects women and children because they spend most of their time at home.
\"Indoor pollution is one of the areas that threaten the survival of residents,\" she said . \".
\"We are working to advocate measures to reduce indoor pollution, including providing electricity, improving safety and reducing indoor pollution.
\"Wood is usually used by Afghan families
The burning Buhari, the drum-
A stove, or sandpile, made of thin metal, burns a pit of coal under a small table covered with thick blankets, and people warm underneath.
Honorita Bernasor, Emergency Doctor Without Borders at Ahmed Shah Baba hospital in Kabul, said winter in Afghanistan brought cases of burns and carbon monoxide poisoning.
In December, the hospital treated nearly 100 burns caused by heating or cooking.
\"We will look forward to more cases when the temperature drops,\" she said . \".
\"Bukharis is usually in the middle of the room, where the children run around and put their hands.
We also see a lot of carbon monoxide poisoning.
\"Qudratullah Nasrat, an emergency room doctor at the same hospital, said Afghans are well aware of some symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning, such as headaches and dizziness.
\"A lot of people sit outside and breathe fresh air to treat themselves,\" he said . \".
\"They began to understand the symptoms.
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