The harmful effects of gas cookers on health and the environment (IMAGE)
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Juana Mari Delgado Saborit, a researcher at the Universitat Jaume I, participated as an expert in a presentation on public health problems and the effects of gas cooking on the climate at the UK Parliament, as part of the event “Policy pathways to electrify cooking for public health and the planet”.
In her speech, the coordinator of the research group Perinatal Epidemiology, Environmental Health and Clinical Research helped to put the magnitude of the problem into perspective by providing figures on the number of children with asthma and premature deaths associated with the use of gas cookers, and highlighted the need for measures and policies to reduce emissions from these appliances.
The professor shared the panel with Nicole Kearny, director of CLASP for Europe, which promotes efficient appliances to combat climate change and improve people's lives; and Eric Lebel and Yannai Kashtain, from PSE Healthy Energy in the United States, a scientific research institute specializing in integrating science into energy policies to provide solutions that protect public health and the environment.
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