Wood smoke stories about recreational burning

Take a walk on a clear winter day in Shoreline, Washington and you most likely end up coughing and wheezing.

…we have endured years of wood smoke causing long term serious health conditions.

It was our first home—a brand new house we’d worked hard for, full of smoke every day.

I have asthma and allergies… the smoke lingers around my house encasing it.

…The worst period of exposure was as a school crossing guard for 7 years…

I am an elderly person who has suffered from wretched chimney smoke for over 10 years now… It’s like living in some kind of hell.

…both our back and front gardens are filled with thick, acrid smoke that makes your eyes sting and your throat sore.

I left the area, only to be faced with woodsmoke issues from wood stoves and fire pits in the new area.

I have next door neighbors who have a fire pit in which they burn brush and yard debris 4 to 5 days a week for 6–12 hours a day…