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Could biomass fuel use perpetuate the poverty trap through cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality?

International Journal of Epidemiology Blog

The World Health Organization’s latest global air quality guidelines point out that indoor air pollution causes a health burden that mostly affects people in low- and middle-income countries. In our research recently published in the IJE , we advance this theory by correlating solid fuel use with socioeconomic status and diseases.

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LISTEN: Mokshda Kaul on making the clean energy transition work for all

Environmental Health News

There's so much documented evidence at this point that electric vehicle tax credits, residential solar tax credits, tend to benefit wealthier households, which are from like a higher income status or a higher socioeconomic status in the US, and I'm talking about specifically here. How does it matter? So what's going on there?

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Black Americans Still Suffer Worse Health. Here’s Why There’s So Little Progress

KFF Health News

One morning in late April, a small brick health clinic along the Thurgood Marshall Highway bustled with patients. But Brown called them “lucky,” with enough health insurance or money to see a doctor. KINGSTREE, S.C. — Louvenia McKinney, 77, arrived complaining about shortness of breath. ” The U.S.