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.

COPD with certified wood stove

…I have spent perhaps close to $4,000 in the past 3 years trying to alleviate our situation…

You can see the air in winter

My neighborhood is terrible with wood smoke in the winter…

Foul air in San Geronimo Valley

I’m really most sad about how it is affecting our children.

Smoke in Vancouver

Vancouver, B.C. neighbours insist on heating their house by burning wood …

Hired a lawyer

…the smoke from our neighbors’ fireplace…was blanketing our front and back yards…

Smoke-filled air in Phoenix

Unfortunately, in the winter months the pollution from wood burning can be significant…

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.

We ask for your name and email address so we can contact you about your story. We’ll only publish your name if you tell us to. Email addresses are never published.

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