[Stoves] The other side of airpollution

[Thomas Reed]

Dear Paul:

Very ingenious solution to roof smoking....

TOM

Paul S. Anderson wrote:
> Dear Kevin, Martin, and all,
>
> By chance, I have followed the efforts on malaria work over the years.  
> Malaria
> is #5 and IAP Indoor Air Pollution is #4 of the worst "killers" in the least
> developing areas (WHO data).  One factor influencing this is that there are
> many impoverished area (with high IAP problems) that are without any 
> malaria at
> all.  Seasonal cold or high tropical elevations eliminate malaria.  Also,
> dryness keeps mosquito populations down or absent.  And incidently the cold
> encourages people to close the windows and doors and cracks in the walls and
> make tighter roofs, making IAP even worse.
>
> The geographic overlap (or lack of overlap) of malaria and IAP problem 
> areas is
> an interesting question.
>
> If smoke into roofs has a positive health result, how often does a "smoking"
> need to be done?  Maybe 3 or 4 or 6 times per year, and perhaps only in some
> seasons.  To do a nice "smoking" up close to the roof, may I suggest a TLUD
> that does not have ignition of the pyrolysis gases.  The primary air 
> could even
> be "powered" by a blow-tube or hose while the lightweight can with the top-lit
> fuel is positioned under the roof (could hold it up on a pole to get it close
> while the user walks around the room).  Then, air out the house/room.
>
> Much better than DDT.
>
> Paul
>