Smoke's increasing cloud across the globe
Practical Action June 16, 2006

Introduction:

It is in the world’s poorest regions that smoke is a major threat, including China, India and sub-Saharan Africa. On current trends, 200 million more people will rely on these polluting fuels by 2030. Women and children are exposed for up to seven hours a day to pollution concentrations 100 times and more above accepted safety levels. There is ample medical evidence that smoke from burning biomass fuels leads to killer diseases, such as penumonia, chronic bronchitis and lung cancer.

Shedding new light on wood smoke: a risk factor for respiratory health
C. Boman1, B. Forsberg2 and T. SandstrNike News

Building Solar Cookers in Hands-on Course (pdf)
Second report filed by Ethos/CEDESOL team - Summer 2006 CEDESOL

This is the second in what we hope to be a series of "weekly" reports by the ETHOS team working with CEDESOL in Bolivia this summer (northern hemisphere). Their first report is located at http://bioenergylists.org/en/node/527

Household Woodsmoke and Health in Guatemala
in PCIA Bulletin Issue 7, June 2006
Kirk Smith, RESPIRE (Randomized Exposure Study of Pollution Indoors and Respiratory Effects)