Truths out Adverts claiming #woodburning stoves are “very low emissions” banned by Advertising Standards Agency as misleading & not substantiated. The claims were made on the website of the Stove Industry Association, which represents makers & sellers of stoves in UK #Pollution

"The Advertising Standards Authority has banned 2 advertising claims by the Stove Industry Association after ruling that the trade body misled consumers about the environmental impact of modern woodburning stoves" #AirPollution #Health #Environment airqualitynews.com/legislation/...

The chemicals and smoke from fireworks and bonfires could leave people fighting for breath according to @asthmaandlung.org.uk tinyurl.com/5n799aya #cleanair #bonfire #bonfirenight #airpollution

The @adstandards.bsky.social has found claims made by the Stove Industry Association about wood burning stove emissions to be "misleading and unsubstantiated". There is so much misinformation out there about #WoodBurning and #AirPollution. We're very pleased to see the truth come to light.

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Yet still no mention of wood burning? The sum of all forms of wood burning is more than crematoria Mercury emissions according to NAEI data.Mostly Drax but domestic wood burning is worse than all natural gas power stations, which provide the most UK electricity. @greenparty.org.uk please raise this!

Is there any reason why everyone appears to be avoiding the elephant in the room for air pollution and defaults to blaming fossil fuels, when the evidence shows otherwise? According to NAEI data, wood burning is the largest source of Mercury in UK. Is this stove and forestry industry lobbying?

Unlikely to be intentional, but this article appears to endorse the stove industry’s despicable marketing that a wood burner compliments heat pumps and/or solar panels and is “low emission” & “sustainable” with the statement “Fossil boilers are responsible for 96% of emissions from homes.” 1/5

Not mentioned here but we need clean air in our homes too! When a neighbour installs a wood burner we have no rights yet can have extremely dangerous levels of toxic fumes coming into our home. This means we cannot ventilate so are also at risk of mould. Neighbours get the brunt of the pollution!

It doesn’t make any sense why so many “environmentalists” support wood burning. Perhaps @sianberry.bsky.social supporting Ella’s Law 2nd reading in the Commons soon will prompt @greenparty.org.uk to finally acknowledge the health & environmental impacts & create a policy? @zackpolanski.bsky.social?

May be interesting from an academic point of view, but averaged levels of PM2.5 emissions are not what cause asthma attacks, heart attacks, etc. Personally, it makes little difference to us if the average value for London is reduced by 1µg/m³ over a year. 1//3

Burning clean, dry wood creates dirty, polluted air.

These stoves have devastated the lives of many residents in SCAs. Chimneys had been out of use for decades in these areas but the "Ecodesign" lie has fooled many people into believing these deadly appliances are "environmentally friendly." Many emissions are worse than in open fires!

With #CleanAirNight coming up on the 22nd of January, we need your help to spark a conversation about wood burning across the country, ensuring everyone has the information they need to protect their health, the health of their communities and the environment.

"As an air pollution scientist, I get emails each winter from people whose homes are being filled by their neighbour's wood smoke. Many are desperately worried about the impact on their child's asthma or health of their relative" #AirPollution #WoodBurning #Health

We must all keep complaining! For all those 15000 complaints there will be numerous people who don’t think it is worth it. If there is a deluge they will have to do something! #AirPollution

BREAKING: Our latest research shows a 65% increase in complaints in Smoke Control Areas across England since last year. Families across the country are suffering from neighbours’ burning, yet even after thousands of complaints, barely a handful of fines have been issued. #AirPollution #WoodBurning

Gas cooking & boilers are a very different issue to wood burning. We are in control over our exposure to gas & our choice will not impact others in the neighbourhood. Solid fuel pollution (mostly wood) in “Ecodesign” stoves (817,00 users) is not even in the same ball park as gas boilers (23m users)!

How much influence did Robert Jenrick have on the aggressive stove industry lobbying that has devastated the health & lives of many people in SCAs after many decades of smoke free living? His father’s company has made huge profits from assaulting neighbours with toxic fumes from “Ecodesign” stoves.

Thanks for raising awareness of wood burning harms @johnwhitbymp.bsky.social PM2.5 & BaP emissions from deadly "modern" stoves have devastated the health of neighbours in areas where we were previously protected by the Clean Air Act.A tiny numer of people (<1m) causing> PM2.5 than ALL power stations

Defra & the stove industry should be held accountable for the devastation caused to neighbours health from the disgraceful way that highly polluting “Ecodesign” stoves are “exempt” from Clear Air Act legislation. These deadly appliances have undermined all the improvements in road vehicles emissions

Why do the stove industry want to poison us? Why are modern wood burning stoves allowed in newbuild homes in the UK Future Homes Standard? UK government data shows they are very polluting. Full video on Youtube: youtu.be/2YgUhzUCPV0

It would be great & save lives but unfortunately, like many in the Green Party, he wont take a stand on wood burning. They believe its an environmentally friendly form of air pollution with no treat to public health. At Northern AQ conference he said members don’t want #woodburning restrictions.

Excellent! Hopefully we will see more of this happening as people are becoming more aware of the health impacts of woodsmoke. Its a sad state of affairs that it has come to this- organisations worldwide should already know they should not be causing these completely unnecessary emissions.

Good to see the message spreading: “Evidence shows that wood-burning heaters contribute to pollution and exacerbate health problems, but many people are unaware of the dangers.”

Its brilliant to see Communities Against Woodsmoke quoted in this article. Too often the stove industry are permitted to spread their misinformation in the media with no mention of clean air campaigners' concerns. www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/5330...

Please take a stand on this too, @greenlibdems.org.uk Many “environmentalists” believe the stove industry greenwashing about wood burning, which has devastating impacts on public health and the environment.

This is outrageously irresponsible! Come on ‪@greenparty.org.uk @zackpolanski.bsky.social @sianberry.bsky.social please take a stand on this as many of your members have fallen for this despicable misinformation that has ruined the AQ of communities and devastated the lives of vulnerable neighbours

Disappointing that most people still believe that road vehicles are the main drivers of air pollution. @healthequals.bsky.social can you please raise awareness of NAEI data 2023 which shows that less than 3m people create more than 3X the PM2.5 from burning wood as emitted from 41m vehicles exhausts

Please look at NAEI data for 2023 @joshjackman.bsky.social Burning dry wood or “Ready to Burn” doesn’t make it “as environmentally friendly as possible.” Many emissions are worse for “modern” stoves burning dry wood eg Benzo[a]pyrene. So emissions are different, not better.

The recent update to #London's #Emissions inventory shows the results of policies like the ULEZ on NOx emissions - a fall of 23% in Greater London between 2019 & 2022 👍 . Other takeaways - we really need more action on #WoodBurning, Cooking & Construction to significantly reduce particulate matter.

“All were started by people” Yet still no sign of an awareness campaign to curtail bonfire, chiminea, firepit or charcoal BBQ use, which likely caused most of these. As well as causing > 20X PM2.5 per year than savings made from ULEZ. Why is there a blind spot about health impacts from this?

Hope the BBQ was electric or gas! Charcoal BBQs in the UK emit 0.68 kilotonnes of PM2.5 a year. (NAEI data 2023) More than all (non wood burning) power stations (0.56kilotonnes). The hyperlocal pollution they cause can impact the health of vulnerable neighbours.

Can you please explain your “clean-burn air-wash” technology? @charnwoodstoves.bsky.social ? How can it reduce both ash deposits and emissions as claimed? Where does the material that would previously end up as ash disappear to? Could you please ask your mate Amanda Lea-Langton to explain?

No child should have to grow up surrounded by air pollution. But 12 million children in Britain are living in areas where they breathe toxic air. 🔴 It’s not fair. But change is possible. Find out how we can #MakeHealthEqual here. 👉https://bit.ly/4kWQ72L

@charnwoodstoves.bsky.social misleading gullible customers yet again. Implying that adding unnecessary, over engineered features makes better stoves. “Intelligent” appliances need to learn in the same way as humans, so how can any algorithm work when human experts cannot achieve clean burning?

Important research but disappointing that @theguardian.com ‬ keeps promoting the myth that road vehicles are the largest polluters in the UK. Wood burning is used by a tiny minority (<3m) yet causes similar levels of PM2.5 pollution to all 41.4 million road vehicles. Its also unnecessary pollution.

Thanks for this campaign, @healthequals.bsky.social Vulnerable people shouldn’t be driven out of their homes after being assaulted by toxic fumes from a neighbour’s “Ecodesign” stove, firepit, chimenea, charcoal BBQ or bonfire. Everyone should have the right to breathe clean air in their own home.

Please now raise awareness of the air pollution scandal. Surbiton is worst place in UK for air pollution according to IQ Air study. This is from wood smoke not traffic. UCL wood burner map shows high “Ecodesign” use in your constituency.Please support @mumsforlungs.bsky.social #WoodBurning campaign

Would be great for future research to focus on what it means for neighbour’s air quality when we have no say about being poisoned by our neighbour's toxic fumes. “Ecodesign” stoves regularly cause PM2.5 levels over 100µg/m³ in surrounding streets and in homes. This would not be tolerated for traffic

What a nasty, bullying headline. People objecting to being poisoned by woodsmoke in their own home being accused of moaning”! Two average “Ecodesign” stoves emit the same PM2.5 every year as 130 average car exhausts. Why should people accept that without question so close to their windows?

Great to see @sianberry.bsky.social‬ is keen to act on domestic wood burning. Too many “environmentalists” put their personal belief before scientific evidence. Many rage against scandals such as Drax, yet fail to see the harm domestic wood burning does to public health and the environment.

Using a PSPO to curtail all forms of solid fuel burning in Surbiton (the worst place in the UK for air pollution according to IQ Air study) would reduce PM2.5 by ~30% of ULEZ PM2.5 savings. (government data and UCL wood burner map) @eddavey.libdems.org.uk please ask RBK to consider this.

Then please do something about PM2.5 too, @mayoroflondon.bsky.social. Taking action on the largest emission source by far (solid fuel burning) would reduce PM2.5 by at least 35 times the ULEZ savings every year. And its such an easy fix – nobody “needs" to burn solid fuel in London.

This is really upsetting. We will never clean the air if even clean air advocates wont acknowledge the data. Domestic outdoor burning accounts for at least 11% of PM2.5 pollution in the UK, we can’t keep ignoring this. Silencing clean air campaigners is what we expect from the stove industry!

🔥"The decision contradicts the growing body of evidence from the government’s own data about the harmful effects these stoves have on both public health, health inequality, and the environment." urbanhealth.org.uk/insights/new...

Yes, could easily be improved considerably by banning wood burning in London. Banning “Ecodesign” stoves would cut over 400 tonnes a year of PM2.5. Bonfires, charcoal BBQs and firepits would likely reduce PM2.5 about the same. Compared to 23 tonnes per year savings for ULEZ, its a very easy win!

At this time of year please remember that bonfires (3.21kt), charcoal BBQs (0.679kt) & other forms of domestic outdoor burning contribute many times more PM2.5 and other toxic & carcinogenic emissions than road vehicle exhausts (1.89kt), despite a tiny minority choosing to burn. ULEZ saved 0.023kt.

Wow, complete denial of the health impacts of “Ecodesign” stoves! We are not going to keep pushing against this either. This is our lives. More valuable than your “livelihood" – you can retrain, we only have one life! fireplacespecialistmagazine.co.uk/news/cosy-ki...