Personal wood smoke stories
Polluted Salt Spring Island
…even gathering our mail we have to judge if it is “safe” to go outside.…
Another polluted day at home
…This is the result of “burn better.” It doesn’t work!
Polluted air in a small Maine town
…outdoor air quality sensors register harmful elevated particulate matter on what would otherwise be beautiful days…
Difficult to breathe
I’ve been dealing with lung disease for the past few years and neighborhood smoke is devastating my life…
Misery in Nevada
I ended up getting so sick! Constant anti-inflammatory and steroid shots, pills, inhalers, nebulizer machine, visits to the hospital, etc.…
Hawaiian nightmare
Open burning is not allowed, but if you say you are cooking it is legal…
Toxic burning in Melbourne suburb
The mental and emotional toll, as well as physical impacts of this experience, still plague me personally…
Cooking fires next door
…neighbors in front of me have a fire hearth for cooking and they sell to the public also…
Misery in Salem, Oregon
The smoke inside my closed up house is so bad that my asthma has turned into COPD.…
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