05 Dec 2012, Posted by admin in READ, 0 Comments

READ: Saving Lives; Smoke Pollutants From Traditional Cookstoves

“Making dinner shouldn’t be fatal. But four million people in the developing world die each year from illnesses linked to smoke spewing out of crude stoves — a scourge that has frustrated experts for decades.”

When it’s time to change history: When traditional cooking techniques like open-fire stoves are fatal to millions. Ingfei Chen explores the issues and solutions, including the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves, a nonprofit saving lives in Bangladesh, China, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and Uganda. Get more in the December issue of Smithsonian Magazine.