Rural

I know it’s going to kill me but I can’t afford to move.… I am powerless because people don’t care.

…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.

The end result is that the air quality…is much worse than in many urban areas I have lived before…

It’s just November, and already there is an ever-present smell of smoke…

…My neighbors insist upon having fires constantly. My home completely fills with smoke…

I have significant heart disease and cannot believe there aren’t more laws to protect people from this pollution…

…Since we moved in, another 6 woodburners have been installed around us. We are being choked out.…

Here it is nearly three decades later, and we are still waiting for those “improved wood burning regulations.”