arcmathBurning wood to heat buildings creates much more pollution.
bok‹sigh› It should be illegal to burn wood in a city. I've once more had to turn off the furnace and switch to an electric space heater because the furnace's fresh-air (ha!) intake is sucking in #smoke from my neighbor's fireplace. #woodsmoke #pollution
Gay CurmudgeonFifth Street saw two fire emergencies Xmas morning, but the smoke in this photo was not from them, but from our woodstove, due to a micro-weather inversion. #fire #fireemergency #emergency #smoke #woodsmoke #woodstove #stove #smoky #temperatureinversion #inversion #weather
Ingrid Hoeben Ⓥ 🇧🇪
Mark Burton"Indoor air pollution from New Zealand’s 523,000 wood burners was estimated to account for 446 hospital admissions for heart and lung problems, and 101 early deaths annually, in a country with a population of just over 5 million people. "
Wood burning and gas cooking hugely costly to healthcare systems, New Zealand study finds | Environment | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/17/wood-burning-and-gas-cooking-hugely-costly-to-healthcare-systems-new-zealand-study-finds
“Burning wood indoors could cause damage in a similar way to cigarette smoke, researchers have warned, after a new study linked the growing popularity of domestic wood burning to lung damage.”
#gezondheid #houtstook #houtrook #wood #health #woodsmoke #smoke
quackademicI wish monitoring air quality & having purifiers everywhere was normal. Would reduce spread of respiratory viruses also. This really is an accessibility issue.
#AirQuality #health #WoodSmoke #RespiratoryInfection #ChronicIllness #SensorySensitivities
