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Firewood smoke kills over 93,000 people annually, says NGO [1]

Women’s Earth Alliance (WEA) have revealed that over 93,000 persons in the country, particularly women, die every year due to smoke inhalation, while cooking with firewood.

Publication Date: 
01/05/2017
Guardian (Nigeria) [2]
Tags:
Air Pollution [3], Health Effects [4], Nigeria [5], Firewood [6], Women [7], Chulhas (Cookstoves) [8], Africa [9]
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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/guardian-nigeria
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/air-pollution
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/nigeria
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/firewood
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/women
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/chulhas-cookstoves
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/africa