Tuesday, October 19, 2004

Indoor Air Pollution – The Killer In The Kitchen

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) marked World Rural Women’s Day on 15 October 2004 by drawing attention to indoor air pollution - one of the major causes of death and disease in the world’s poorest countries. While the millions of deaths from well-known communicable diseases often make headlines, indoor air pollution remains a silent and unreported killer. Rural women and children are the most at risk.

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