This fall, the Bay Area Air District updated the threshold for issuing a Winter Spare the Air Alert. On a Winter Spare the Air Alert day, all wood burning is illegal. Just one evening of wood burning ...

(FOX40.COM) — The Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District is launching its annual Check Before You Burn restriction for the county season beginning Nov. 1 through the end of February.

But there is increasing concern about the potential health and environmental impacts of wood burning stoves. These impacts affect the air inside the home and local neighbourhoods. The exact extent of ...

Wood-burning stoves and open fires are linked to 2,500 deaths a year in Britain – and banning them could save the NHS £54million a year, a study claimed today. Non-essential domestic burning of wood ...

Burning wood and coal in homes contributes to about 2,500 deaths a year, a report has found. Open fires and wood burning stoves are one of the biggest sources of small pollution particles. This fine ...

Burning wood and coal at home contributes to the death of nearly 2,500 people each year in the UK, according to research. Stopping the use of wood-burning stoves and open fires at home could help the ...

Wood burning stoves have become a trendy must-have for people looking to give their homes some rustic charm. But while many Brits have invested in the appliance, a nurse has called on them to be ...

A new study warns that indoor wood-burning stoves significantly damage lung capacity, comparable to cigarette smoking, even among healthier users. Despite these growing health risks and increased air ...

Burning wood indoors could cause damage akin to cigarette smoke, researchers have warned, after a new study linked the growing popularity of domestic wood burning to lung damage. Wood burning stoves ...

Burning wood indoors could cause damage in a similar way to cigarette smoke, researchers have warned, after a new study linked the growing popularity of domestic wood burning to lung damage. Wood ...

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