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infections from indoor air pollution (pollution from burning wood, animal dung, and other bio-fuels) kill a million children … household ventilation practices (use of doors and windows) as potentially-important determinants of indoor air pollution … significant effects on indoor air pollution. Analysis of the data shows, for example, that pollution from the cooking area …
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Household air pollution is the second leading cause of disease in Madagascar, where more than 99 percent of households … monitor household air pollution in two towns in Madagascar, with a stratified sample of 154 and 184 households. Concentrations …
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"In a recent survey of 820 Boro (winter rice), potato, bean, eggplant, cabbage, sugarcane, and mango farmers in Bangladesh, over 47 percent of farmers were found to be overusing pesticides. With only 4 percent of farmers formally trained in pesticide use or handling, and over 87 percent openly...
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"New research on urban air pollution casts doubt on the conventional view of the relationship between economic growth … and environmental quality. This view holds that pollution automatically increases until societies reach middle … show in this paper, the empirical relationship between pollution and income becomes much weaker when measures of governance …
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resource use and their living conditions may offer little protection from air, water, and soil pollution. At the same time …
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