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A World Health Organization report has found that more than 90% of the world’s young people, about 1.8 billion children, are breathing "toxic" air. The WHO held its first conference specifically focused on air pollution in Geneva this week. While rural communities are likely to avoid vehicle and industrial air pollution, millions of children around the world are living in such areas which suffer from "household" pollution. This is often caused by indoor open fires and unclean cooking using solid fuels and kerosene. Dymphna van der Lans is the chief executive of the Clean Cooking Alliance, a network of groups working to make clean cooking facilities available to families around the world. (Photo: woman cooking. Credit: Â鶹Éç)