Personal wood smoke stories
“Heavily exposed daily” to OWB smoke
…Across the street 700' away was an OWB which was just starting to operate. The homeowner modified his burner to not only burn wood but also waste oil.…
A Defra-approved stove worsening asthma
His comment when we told him a family member had asthma and the smoke was making it worse, was “that's not my problem.”…
COPD and a wood-burning neighbor
I can’t have my windows open and my whole area smells of burning wood…
Smoke in a Welsh village
…When we came here, the air was fresh. Now, more and more of our neighbours have taken to wood burning…
Made ill in Toronto
This job entailed exposure to quite a few houses with wood burning fireplaces or outdoor fire pits/brush burning…
Wood-burning restaurant in Toronto
The smell and noxious smoke are persistent every day 24/7 — in a very densely populated area.
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…
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