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Toxic Smoke..
Killer Identified...

Although few Mexican women smoke tobacco,
many over the age of 40 suffer from lung diseases that are usually
associated with smokeing, reports the newsletter Health International
America.

The Cause ?

" Cooking with woodstoves, " researchers said recently.
According to Peter Pare, a professor of medicine, the problem recieved
little attention because
" wood smoke is often not identified as a major health risk.
Death is usually diagnoised as heart failure, when the real source is
excessive exposure to wood smoke."

The World Health Organization estimates that 400 million people worldwide
are at risk,
mostly rural women who use wood stoves in small buildings with poor ventilation.
Building chimneys will help, but according to Dr Pare,
" the biggest challenge is to convince people to change the way they have lived for centuries..