Personal wood smoke stories
Can’t breathe all winter
I can’t breathe all winter, can’t afford to move, being driven out of our home of twenty years…
Migraines and nosebleeds
I get severe migraine headaches and nosebleeds from my neighbor’s chimney smoke…
Smoke pollution in Quebec
…My neighbor has a chimney 15 feet from my house and burns about 20 cords a year from late August to June…
Neighbor’s new garage brings misery
…Then the neighbor built his garage and we saw the smoke stack…
Wood stove exchange polluter
…the worst by far is the one next door, which belongs to a North Cowichan Wood Stove Exchange recipient…
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.
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