Firewood smoke linked to rising lung cancer cases in Ugandan Women thekampalareport.com/latest/2025091…

New on our website: More evidence links wood smoke and dementia familiesforcleanair.org/more-evidence-…

Wood smoke—whether visible or invisible—is toxic.

Wood heating (pellets) have shown a huge cost increase while heat-pumps remain the best solution. There is no future for large-scale burning of wood. Especially with the current state of the world's ecosystems. Not eco, not renewable and NOT cheap.

I just signed a @stopburningtrees.bsky.social petition: Say No to New AI Data Centre Powered By Drax. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/say-…

“According to an international study on air pollution residents in towns and cities that have PM2.5 annual average levels of 10 µg/m³ were breathing air that was as harmful as smoking 166 cigarettes a year…” thepress.co.nz/nz-news/360811…

Link: dsawsp.org/personal-stori…

“A researcher at the UCL Institute of Health Informatics…revealed “wood burning hotspots” and linked increased lung cancer rates in affluent areas to potential carcinogen exposure from wood smoke…” airqualitynews.com/local-governme…

“Log burning stoves damage lungs 'in the same way as smoking,’ new study shows”: leicestermercury.co.uk/news/uk-world-…

BAY AREA AIR DISTRICT CLAMPS DOWN ON WOOD SMOKE, INTRODUCES STRICTER AIR QUALITY RULES TO COMBAT HEALTH hoodline.com/2025/10/bay-ar…

A bit of an improvement on the “Spare the Air” residential wood burning curtailment program in the San Francisco Bay Area, linked with a terrible and misguided decision on prescribed burning.

A recent new story on our website. We suspect many of you will relate to this sentiment. Indeed, where are the authorities in all of this? dsawsp.org/personal-stori…

Kudos to OSU for this post—burning wood creates air pollution and causes climate change when compared to these alternatives: extension.oregonstate.edu/ask-extension/…

“Just move” is one of the standard responses from a person that burns wood. Wood smoke is not a private choice. It harms neighbours, and drives up public health costs. Telling people to “just move” ignores reality. Everyone deserves clean air where they live. #StoveIndustryLies

“The public health representative explained: ‘There’s simply no such thing as good wood heating. Wood burning, in any form, is harmful. Burning differently might reduce this, but it won’t solve the problem.’” Interesting news from the Netherlands: dsawsp.org/blog/city-plan…

This happened at a #biomass plant in rural Northwest California. “On March 31, a man was engulfed in flames at the mill while cleaning a piece of equipment. He subsequently leapt from a catwalk…” times-standard.com/2025/10/06/osh…

The article describes a wood stove industry trade group as an “independent not-for-profit organisation dedicated to creating a cleaner environment.”

FamiliesForCleanAir The golden rule of cryptography: Never trust, ALWAYS verify.

Like gun a buyback program, the goal here is to take hazardous objects out of circulation: pscleanair.gov/DocumentCenter…