Personal wood smoke stories
Hotel with wood-burning pizza oven
…A county air official agrees with me but says he can’t do anything…
Indoor wood boiler nightmare
NYSDEC and Cuomo won’t address citizen complaints against neighbors who use INDOOR wood boilers…
Campfires aren’t much fun
…It blinds me, I have trouble breathing. It sure isn’t anything I can enjoy…
Chemical analysis
Overall pollution was literally 100 times the city’s background level.
I cough and wheeze all the time
…I attribute my illness to living (abroad) for several years in a street full of ardent wood-burners, esp. a huge high-tech one right next-door.…
Senior veteran affected by smoke
…I have lived in my house for over 20 some years in peace, until new neighbors moved in.…
Anaphylaxis from an OWB
…I was hospitalized last week for anaphylaxis after walking out of my front door into my neighbor’s thick smoke from their outdoor wood boiler…
Backyard fires in Kitchener, Ontario
I live in Kitchener, Ontario a city which permits recreational backyard bonfires…
Forced to move
…smoke in our neighborhood was so bad that we had to move…
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