Pulitzer Center Update August 7, 2017
Smoke and Mirrors on @PulitzerCenter Instagram This Week
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Smoke and Mirrors
Globally, cooking smoke causes over 4 million deaths per year. Can improved cookstoves save lives...
"Globally almost 3 billion people, half the world's population, cook over wood, charcoal, and dung. Firewood has been used as a fuel for heating and cooking since the beginning of mankind. According to the WHO, however, the exposure to the resulting household air pollution kills over 4 million people a year—one person every 8 seconds."
Photographs from Nathalie Bertrams and Ingrid Gercama's project about the dangeres of cooking in Malawi will be featured on the Pulitzer Center Instagram from August 7-16, 2017.
