"We live in a society in which those who heat with wood, grill with charcoal, or light a fire bowl for fun have the right to harm the health of everyone around them - and authorities who should offer protection look the other way" 🤬

Wood smoke is the next main secondhand smoke. BAG – OFSP – UFSP Dr Maria Neira #holzofengate #lungcancer

Doctors + Scientists Against Wood Smoke Pollution Unfortunately - it is not uncommon to see flues sitting adjacent to & only a few metres away from next-door's windows. How is this still being allowed? City of Darebin, Jacinta Allan, Victorian Department of Health.

Asthma Australia Engineered stone products have been banned in Australia because 350 people develop silicosis per year, yet despite wood heaters killing over twice that many (at a conservative estimate), Australian state and territory governments have failed to act to phase out wood heaters.

Sad to see that Steve Dimopoulos MP has lost touch with his DEECA Victoria portfolio and his responsibility to protect Victorians from preventable #AirPollution > 4 years now since Victorian Government identified domestic #woodburning as a priority problem- & he’s posing next to a #fire Environment Protection Authority Victoria

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Steve Dimopoulos MP Jacinta Allan Victorian Labor #AirPollution #CleanAir #AirQuality #springst #woodburning DEECA Victoria Doctors for the Environment Australia

Nightlife Health - How Safe is the Log Fire? abc.net.au/listen/program… via ABC Australia

How wood smoke is hurting our health - ABC listen abc.net.au/listen/program…

Wood heaters are estimated to be responsible for more pollution-related deaths than all the cars on our roads. This national map shows which areas are affected the most. abc.net.au/news/science/2…

Are you listening springstreet Steve Dimopoulos MP Penny Sharpe Nick Duigan DEECA Victoria Suzanne Orr wood heater smoke is killing over 700 people a year (far more than emissions from vehicles, energy generation and bushfires) abc.net.au/news/science/2…

City of Darebin Jacinta Allan Mary-Anne Thomas MP The ignorance that persists re the significant human & enviro health hazards of burning wood is disheartening. Also - we won't achieve the carbon reduction levels we're aiming for whilst govt. ignores domestic wood burning.

Smelt smoke in Brunswick this morning and then I read this. Fine smoke particles are absorbed into the bloodstream, increasing risk of cardiovascular disease. We don't need wood heaters in inner city renovations. abc.net.au/news/science/2…

Dr Tim Read MP thatsnotmanners We just moved out of a rental property where the owner lived next door. We had to keep our doors and windows shut because of their woodfire smoke. Couldn’t do anything about it.

Modern certified woodstoves were supposed to be clean-burning but in the UK they have helped create a new pollution problem #AirPollution #WoodBurning #Health #Environment familiesforcleanair.org/modern-wood-st…

We hear from many Canberrans whose health and quality of life have been destroyed by neighbours’ wood heaters. They should be phased out as soon as possible. Asthma Australia CancerCouncilOz Commissioner for Sustainability & Environment, ACT

A ‘low emissions’ wood heater is like a ‘low emissions’ cigarette. We don’t need an ‘upgrade’ of wood heaters we need a phaseout. Stop the greenwashing and protect public health James Purtill Steve Dimopoulos MP Jacinta Allan #cleanair #woodsmoke

City Hall has triggered a high air pollution alert for Tuesday 12 August as hot weather is expected to increase pollutant levels. We're urging Londoners to look after themselves, stop their engines idling, and refrain from burning wood or garden waste.

We don’t appear to have learned anything though!

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.)