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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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重要事实 约有30亿人通过使用以煤油，生物质（木柴、动物粪便、作物废弃物）和煤炭为燃料的明火或简陋炉灶进行烹饪。 每年，近400万人因使用固体燃料和煤油烹饪造成的室内空气污染而过早死亡。 室内空气污染可导致中风、缺血性心脏病、慢性阻塞性肺病和肺癌等非传染性疾病。 由肺炎导致的五岁以下儿童死亡中，近一半是因为吸入了室内空气污染带来的颗粒物。
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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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2004-01-01 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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