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Wood smoke has always been harmful
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Deaths linked to wood stoves in the ACT
London Wood Burning Project
Lung cancer in women
London mayor stops endorsing Eco-certified stoves
States to sue US EPA over certified wood stoves
Wood heaters in the Australian Capital Territory
Listen to this before lighting the fire
Wood-burning stoves raise new concerns
Deaths from wood heating
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PurpleAir study
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10 quick facts about wood smoke pollution
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Despair in Queensland
Acrid smoke in Norwich
A massive physical and mental impact
No right to clean air
Trapped inside with taped up windows
Wood smoke causes breathing difficulties
Wood heaters and planned burns
Wood smoke and illness
No escaping wood smoke in Victoria, Australia
Damaged health and distress in Maine
The smoke is overwhelming
Cancer with wood smoke
Smoke pollution in Austria
Coughing from smoke in Fife
Too many using wood stoves in a UK village
Vermont neighbors don’t care
No break from smoke in the Bay Area
Asthma in a smoked-out smoke control area
Wood smoke pollution in the Alps
Constant smoke in Northwest England
Smoky southern France
Pizza restaurant smokes out home
Panic and coughing
Air quality deteriorating in a smoke control area
Suffering in a smoke control area
Fire pit smokes out house
At a great loss I moved
A “nightmare” in Victoria, Australia
Apartment smells like smoke
Forced to leave Dundas, Ontario
Smoked out by a Defra-approved stove
Severe smoke pollution in Western Australia
Dreading autumn in Sydney suburb
Pellet stoves pollute too
Fire pits burn all day
Fire pits ruin evenings
A growing problem in Japan
Chimney right next to bedroom window
Cancer and polluted air in Oregon
Smoke causing sickness
Pulmonary fibrosis in a smoke-filled house
Smoked out with COPD in Hampshire
Hired a lawyer
Smoke ruining life in Novato, California
Struggling to breathe in Scotland
Asthma in the Bay Area
Polluted air in Humboldt County, California
No more fresh air in Michigan
Despair in Texas
Wood smoke in a small Indiana town
Polluted Salt Spring Island
Another polluted day at home
Polluted air in a small Maine town
Difficult to breathe
Misery in Nevada
Hawaiian nightmare
Toxic burning in Melbourne suburb
Cooking fires next door
Misery in Salem, Oregon
Lost our home
Can’t keep smoke out
Chimney near bedroom window
Wood smoke caused lung disease
Smoke travels up to our house
Unnecessary pollution in Devon
Smoke-filled neighborhood in Delaware
Wood boiler misery in Kassel
Toxic fire pit
Back on medication
We had to move
Smoked out and harassed in South Australia
Driven from home in Maine
Dirty air in Saskatoon
It was the house next door
Struggling to breathe in a Welsh village
Polluted Norwich
Neighbor’s smoke envelops our home
Eyes severely affected
Officials don’t take issue seriously
Smoke comes in through air intake
Never imagined city air could be cleaner
Driven from a Hampshire market town
Unhealthy retirement in Comox Valley
Smoke in rural South Australia
Wood boilers in PEI
Smoked out in a smokeless zone
There are no laws to protect us
Smoked out in New South Wales
Firepits in Saskatoon
Breathless in Belfast
Driven from our dream home
House reeks of smoke
Winter in Tasmania
Serious health issues and wood smoke in New Zealand
“Heavily exposed daily” to OWB smoke
A Defra-approved stove worsening asthma
COPD and a wood-burning neighbor
Smoke in a Welsh village
Made ill in Toronto
Wood-burning restaurant in Toronto
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