Personal wood smoke stories
Forced out of Welsh village by wood smoke
We put our house in Wales on the market because of the very poor quality of the air in the village.
Biomass boiler affects life
…even after reporting the sky-high PM2.5 levels that my child is being exposed to, the Environmental Health Department has chosen not to act.
It’s not seasonal anymore
Everyone has a combustion heater. Everyone has a fire pit. The farms burn off when weather permits.
Reconsidering wood burning
Two years ago we replaced [our wood burner] with a more modern, easy to use and, we thought, more eco friendly one.
Forced out of home by wood-burning restaurants
The smoke fumes were terrible…We were forced to eventually sell up and move AGAIN…
Misery in Herefordshire
We are both constantly suffering from asthma and chest infections that never clear up.
Wood smoke affects every area of life
We smell smoke at night in our house, even though we block off the stove fan vent, windows with plastic…
Tree cutting business burning refuse
When the wind is right, the air is absolutely toxic.
Suffocating fumes from “smokeless fuel”
My story does not involve wood smoke, but fumes from the burning of a so called smokeless fuel.
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