Wood smoke stories
Stories tagged:
Wood boilers
Biomass boiler affects life
…even after reporting the sky-high PM2.5 levels that my child is being exposed to, the Environmental Health Department has chosen not to act.
Misery in Herefordshire
We are both constantly suffering from asthma and chest infections that never clear up.
Panic and coughing
…I have 3 neighbors that burn wood and other items in outdoor furnaces and indoor wood stoves…
At a great loss I moved
I have significant heart disease and cannot believe there aren’t more laws to protect people from this pollution…
Lost our home
We decided to cut our losses and put our home up for sale in June… We are currently living in our camper…
Wood boilers in PEI
In PEI Canada, the previous Liberal government placed wood boilers beside nursing homes and schools. Where I worked as a nurse in one of these homes, some days you could smell it inside the building.
House reeks of smoke
…Long after he stops burning for the season, my house, coated in smoke, reeks.
“Heavily exposed daily” to OWB smoke
…Across the street 700' away was an OWB which was just starting to operate. The homeowner modified his burner to not only burn wood but also waste oil.…
Indoor wood boiler nightmare
NYSDEC and Cuomo won’t address citizen complaints against neighbors who use INDOOR wood boilers…