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It isn't only climate change. Ambient air pollution causes >4 million deaths per year, per the WHO: https://www.who.int/health-topics/air-pollution#tab=tab_1 h
by elmomle 6y ago
It isn't only climate change. Ambient air pollution causes >4 million deaths per year, per the WHO: https://www.who.int/health-topics/air-pollution#tab=tab_1 https://www.who.int/health-topics/air-pollution#tab=tab_1
- ggreer 6y agoAlmost all of that (3.8 million) is indoor air pollution caused by cooking: https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/themes/topics/topic-details/GHO/household-air-pollution https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/themes/topics/topic-detail...
- elmomle 6y agoActually, that 3.8 million is separate from the 4.2 million caused by outdoor air pollution: https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/ambient-(outdoor)-air-quality-and-health https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/ambient-(ou...
- kube-system 6y agoFor what it's worth, those cooking indoors with solid fuel are might also be less likely to be cooking anything... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_security_during_the_COVID-19_pandemic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_security_during_the_COVID...