Cooking shouldn't kill

Academy Award-winning actor Julia Roberts announced she is adding her voice to the international effort to reduce deaths from toxic cookstove smoke. She will serve as "Global Ambassador" for the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves, an initiative led by the UN Foundation, to help bring attention to one of the most urgent health problems facing women and families around the world.

"Nearly 2 million people around the world -- mostly women and children -- die each year from an activity that many of us take for granted: cooking for our families," Roberts said. "I am proud to stand with Secretary of State Clinton to work to reduce the senseless and preventable deaths from unsafe cooking conditions in developing countries." From:http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions-files.org/gpgs_files/unfoundation_enews/may2011.html