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Tag: woodsmoke

  • Dirty Wood-Heaters

    - by Dr. Dorothy Robin­son, Woodsmoke.3sc.net  The most health-haz­ardous air pol­lu­tant is PM2.5 (tiny par­ti­cles less than 2.5 mil­lionth of a metre in diam­e­ter) that cause 10 to 20 times as many pre­ma­ture deaths as the next worst pol­lu­tant (ozone).   PM2.5 pen­e­trate the deep­est recess­es of our lungs.  As well as caus­ing lung dis­ease, PM2.5…

  • A Victim of Woodsmoke Pollution

    - by Shirley Brandie, WoodBurnerSmoke.net In 2000, we bought a home to enjoy our retire­ment in. It was per­fect for us! Every­thing on one floor, a sur­round­ing deck, and a large expanse of lawn. Lit­tle did we know that, in 2002, our lives would be changed dra­mat­i­cal­ly! Begin­ning in 2002, our home became sur­round­ed and infil­trat­ed…

  • Burn It Up?

    - by Vic Ste­blin, Source: WoodBurnerSmoke.net Humans have been burn­ing for much of his­to­ry. Africa burns its savan­na annu­al­ly and the smoke can be seen from space. Aus­tralia and Mediter­ranean areas reg­u­lar­ly burn off haz­ardous under­growth. Log­ging com­pa­nies burn off residue accord­ing to pro­fes­sion­al forestry codes. Ranch­ers and farm­ers burn old grass and crops to release nutrients. Even light­ning…