We no longer think smoking cigarettes should take priority over a child’s ability to breathe. Why should we think differently about wood burning? Smoke is smoke. dsawsp.org/health/childre… 2/2 #WoodSmokeFacts #WoodSmokePollution

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Bundesamt für Gesundheit BAG – OFSP – UFSP Startet endlich eine Kampagne gegen Holzverbrennung, deren Schadstoffe schädlicher sind als Zigarettenrauch. Ein Holzheizungssystem vergiftet ein ganzes Quartier. Holzheizungen gefährden mehr Menschen als es Raucher gibt #holzofengate

Exposure to outdoor air pollution, wildfires, and cancer survival in the United States sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Today, taxpayer media have finally found the big killer, the big danger, the thing we must do to save lives here at home and change the climate globally, and it is the fireplace at your joint,”

Dr Jill Belch Wood burning accounts for 95 % of the localized pollution, poisoning people right where they live. It's all hobby pollution. Done for "The fun of it".

Daftyduck It’s not freedom when it harms others…are you against seat belts, allowing folk to drink and drive?

District 12 Yes. In the sisters study, a huge US study, 40% of lung cancers in non smokers associated with wood burning.

Thinking about a wood stove? Don’t Wood smoke #AirPollution harms you, your family & your neighbours.

Dr Jill Belch "Three-quarters of the domestic combustion emissions of PM2.5 came from #WoodBurning in 2022" Defra UK All efforts to reduce PM2.5 from other sources eg traffic is very likely to be undermined by the increase in emissions from woodburning. @AirPollution #Health

Fact: Smoke from wood burning causes cancer and premature death

In a TV news segment about lung cancer: “In patients that have a history of wood burning, wood-burning stoves, or things used to heat, any smoke exposure—not just smoking, but smoke exposure in general—that’s a risk factor,” Dr. Phillips [a pulmonologist] explained. (Link below.)