[Stoves] The other side of airpollution

[Kevin Chisholm]

Dear Crispin
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Crispin Pemberton-Pigott" <crispinpigott at gmail.com>


> Dear Kevin
>
> I think we should examine all the ramifications of doing something before
> rushing willy-nilly into it.  There must be a Murphys Law of Unintended
> Consequences.
>
Murphy is alive and well, and he wears many hats!! :-)

> As for malaria, I personally favour genetic engineering of the mosquito.
> There was a wonderful proposal by someone who advocated changing the gene 
> in
> the bile duct of the Anopheles mosquito so that it would, like other
> mosquitoes, digest the parasite as it passed through the stomach instead 
> of
> passing it on.

This might be a good way to deal with Malaria, but this is a side issue on 
the Stoves List. The issues here are those of stove efficiency, IAP, etc.
>
> Grass roof harbour a lot of creepy things so stopping the carcinogen dose
> might help them a lot.  Improved housing might have to go along with
> improved stoves.

If we enlarge the problem of Third World Living to include these issues, 
then the problem becomes hugely larger, and more difficult to start working 
on toward a solution. The problem of IAP is real, it is significant, and 
there are known measurements from many credible sources relating to its 
proven significance. Issues such as rotting roofs, and the proliferation of 
creepy crawlies when chimneys or exhaust hoods installed, are anecdotal, 
with no known scientific or factual information on the circumstances 
involved when they might have occurred.

On the other hand:
1: It is a fact that a stove with a chimney can be made to work more 
efficicently than a stove that does not have a chimney.

2: It is a fact that exhaust hoods and chimneys can reduce the hazards of 
IAP by 1 or more orders of magnitude, or perhaps even eliminate it entirely.

Best wishes,

Kevin
>