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Boiling Point 52: Health, Safety and Household Energy - December 2006

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Front cover of Boiling Point issue 52
Issue 52 (2006) Health, Safety and Household Energy

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Boiling Point last looked at health in BP40, and much has happened since this edition. What have we learnt? What can we tell policymakers when they ask how to remove smoke from millions of households in their country? What are the dangers associated with fuel-gathering, particularly in crisis situations – assault, land-mines? Safety of children – what can be done to reduce the number of burns for children – and also women?

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pdf file link Theme editorial: Household energy for life by Eva Rehfuess and Nigel Bruce (254 KB)

pdf file link Update on the health and climate impacts of household solid fuels by Kirk R. Smith (322 KB)

pdf file link Spreading innovative biomass stove technologies through China and beyond by Laura Spautz, Dana Charron and JoAnn Dunaway, Hao Fangzhou and Chen Xiaofu (420 KB)

pdf file link Pollution factors affecting health and safety in rural Zimbabwe by Davidzo Muchawaya (229 KB)

pdf file link Protecting children from indoor air pollution exposure through outdoor cooking in rural South Africa by Brendon Barnes, Angela Mathee, Nigel Bruce and Liz Thomas (538 KB)

pdf file link Direct contact hazards of cookstoves: Burns, cuts, and scalds by Nathan G. Johnson and Mark Bryden (248 KB)

pdf file link Introducing alcohol stoves to refugee communities; a case study from Kebrebeyah, Ethiopia by Cheryl O’Brien (492 KB)

pdf file link GTZ News BP 52 edited by Agnes Klingshirn (779 KB)

pdf file link Household energy, indoor air pollution and health at the 14th session of the UN Commission for Sustainable Development (141 KB)

pdf file link The effect of ventilation on carbon monoxide and particulate levels in a test kitchen by Dean Still and Nordica MacCarty (254 KB)

pdf file link Methanol stoves for indoor air pollution reduction in Delta State Nigeria – adressing the needs of people for clean energy by Joe Obueh (309 KB)

pdf file link Solar cooking and health by Darwin O’Ryan Curtis (297 KB)

pdf file link Fuel briquettes from wastes by Sanu Kaji Shrestha (462 KB)

pdf file link Charcoal making from agricultural residues by S. Ganesan and B. P. Nema (608 KB)

pdf file link What’s happening in household energy? by HEDON (189 KB)

pdf file link Energy news from Practical Action (152 KB)









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