Personal wood smoke stories

Real people experience real harm and a reduced quality of life due to involuntary exposure to wood smoke pollution.

If you are affected by someone else’s wood burning, you are not alone.

What’s your wood smoke story?

Neighbors of wood burners have shared the following stories with us. Use the form below to share your own wood smoke story.

1 Stories total.

Five years in Hell

The wood burning in Bethel Park, PA was sometimes 24/7, day in day out, all hours of the day and night, all year round…

Surrounded by wood burners in BC

Over the past 25 years the population of our valley has exploded and with it, the use of wood for home heating…

Smoke hovers under the ceiling

My neighbors use their fireplace all day every day from October to May…

It was a nightmare

We had to move from our house that we loved…

Misery in New Zealand

They burn 365 days of the year, including up to 14 hours a day in summer and 24 in winter..…

Backyard campfires in New York State

I have a neighbor who continually has campfires 30 feet from my house.…

Wood-burning heaters in Sydney

My neighbours have their wood fire going for 16 hours every day each year for five months. It is relentless…

Wood smoke in Davis, California

I haven’t been able to go outside for a walk with my dog at night the entire winter in Davis, California…

We feel desperate

Although our nearest neighbour is a field away we still can smell wood smoke…

Share your story

Is your neighbor’s wood burning affecting you? We want to hear about it!

Sharing your wood smoke story helps to increase awareness of the problem.

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