Localized harm

Personal wood smoke stories

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

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

How is wood smoke affecting you?

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.

My neighborhood is terrible with wood smoke in the winter…

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

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

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

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

Does your neighbor’s wood burning affect you? We want to hear about it!

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

We only ask for your name and email address so we can contact you about your story. We don’t use this information for any other purpose.

We’ll only publish your (first) name if you tell us to. Email addresses are never published.

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