700 million black carbon free cookers would save over one million lives per year, reduce birth defects and reduce global warming
PNAS – Association of selected persistent organic pollutants in the placenta with the risk of neural tube defects Pregnant mothers who are exposed to pesticides and smoke are as much as four times more likely to give birth to infants with serious birth defects. Neural tube defects, or NTDs, are brain and spinal cord defects …