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The lack of access to modern energy sources subjects people to a life of poverty. No electricity means no refrigeration of food, no washing machine, and no light at night. If you don’t have artificial light, your day is over at sunset. This is why the students in this photo are out on the street:...
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Datos y cifras Unos 3.000 millones de personas cocinan y calientan sus hogares con fuegos abiertos y cocinas en los que queman biomasa (madera, excrementos de animales o residuos agrícolas) y carbón. Cada año, más de 4 millones de personas mueren prematuramente por enfermedades atribuibles a la...
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Many people use open fires to cook and stay warm. When you cook over an open fire, you are inhaling particles and gases which are bad for you. Even when you cant see smoke, burning solid fuels like charcoal, wood, coal, or dung releases harmful particles into the space around you. This is called...
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1/1/2004 Over two billion people in developing countries use only traditional biomass -- wood, dung and crop waste -- for their basic energy needs. The pollution from the burning of these fuels for cooking and heating is linked to the deaths of over 1.6 million people each year (more than three people a...
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