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Julia Roberts is appointed ambassador to a campaign against toxic fumes from the kitchen

U.S. actress Julia Roberts was named global ambassador for a campaign to educate about the toxic fumes emanating from stoves deficient and that each year kill nearly two million people worldwide, reported today Department U.S. State.

"About two million people worldwide, mostly women and children die every year from an activity that many take for granted: cooking for our families " Roberts said in a statement issued by the Department of State.
Roberts, who won an Oscar, will join the U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, in the efforts of the Alliance for Efficient Cooking for calling attention to the impact of toxic fumes in human health.

"I am proud to work with Clinton to reduce preventable deaths and senseless unsafe cooking conditions in the developing world and I hope to contribute to the important work" of the Alliance, said the actress.
The goal of the alliance is about 100 million households using improved cooking fuels and "clean and efficient" for 2020.

In his role as "ambassador" Roberts help educate the public about health problems and accidents and deaths that face millions of people in poor countries due to the use of stoves or traditional stoves or grills that use charcoal, wood, agricultural waste or animal waste as fuel.
Roberts and Clinton signed an opinion article published today in USA Today which reported that 3,000 million people worldwide living exposed to toxic fumes of cooking in homes with poor circulation can cause problems health.

Fumes from the kitchen contribute to the development of chronic and acute health problems such as low birth weight, childhood pneumonia, emphysema, lung cancer, bronchitis and cardiovascular problems, according to the United Nations Foundation.
Foundation President Timothy Wirth said in a statement he was confident that Roberts's participation in the Alliance will help raise awareness about the problem and mobilize the necessary resources to combat it.

The Alliance, led by the United Nations Foundation, was launched by Clinton on September 21, 2010 and has the support of public and private sectors to improve living conditions in poor countries and combating climate change.
The Alliance, involving more than 60 governments, agencies UN, private companies and NGOs, seeks to mobilize U.S. $ 250 million to promote the use of more efficient cooking methods and insurance, according to the Department of State.