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Household Air Pollution and Health - Coggle Diagram
Household Air Pollution and Health
The forgotten 2.6 billion
Around 2.6 billion people cook using polluting open fires or simple stoves fuelled by kerosene, biomass and coal.
Produce high levels of domestic contamination.
Generate noxious particulates such as soot.
Soot: very small solid particles composed of impure black carbon resulting from the combustion of an organic material.
Health consequences
Around 3.8 million people die from diseases attributable to household air pollution.
Pneumonia.
Stroke.
Ischemic cardiopathy.
Chronic obstructive pulmonopathy.
Lung cancer.
Other risks
Inflammation of the respiratory tract and lungs.
Decreases immune response.
Reduces oxygenation in the blood.
Household Air Pollution
It is caused by those inefficient cooking fuels.
That release elements that are harmful to health.