Children

I cried a lot because I love our home and our neighborhood, but I can’t stand it anymore.

…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.

We smell smoke at night in our house, even though we block off the stove fan vent, windows with plastic…

The neighbor’s smoke is everywhere…I can smell the smoke as I’m writing this…

…my then 12-year old daughter who is asthmatic couldn’t breathe and her inhaler made no difference…

My children and I are currently prisoners of our home due to our neighbours’ fireplace…

From March to October I’ve had to tape up every window in our house to stop the smoke from neighbouring chimneys…

…This is the result of “burn better.” It doesn’t work!

I ended up getting so sick! Constant anti-inflammatory and steroid shots, pills, inhalers, nebulizer machine, visits to the hospital, etc.…