New on our site: The Wood Stove Industry Tried to Silence a Health Campaign — and Lost www.familiesforcleanair.org/the-wood-sto...

A group of public health experts in Denmark have recommended banning residential wood burning.

Misleading UK adverts for ’very low emission’ wood-burning stoves banned

Wow… now let‘s see the FTC crack down on the Hearth, Patio & Barbecue Association‘s claims about EPA-certified wood stoves: airqualitynews.com/legislation/...

“The city has long ago acknowledged that people living near these wood-burning establishments have an increased risk of developing respiratory illnesses such as asthma, COPD and lung cancer.”

Wow… if only everyone would take Abby’s advice www.cleveland.com/advice/2025/...

“Oxidative potential was also worst in winter, when wood burning added to the pollution mixture.”

British Medical Journal on domestic wood burning: www.bmj.com/content/391/...

A citizens’ petition to ban wood heating in Brussels, Belgium, led to a surprising reaction in the Brussels Parliament.

Yes, terrible headline…

Burning clean, dry wood creates dirty, polluted air.

Important story on the horrors of #woodburning by my excellent colleague @dpcarrington.bsky.social a must-read and must-follow: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

“An open fire or wood burning stove is the most polluting way to heat a home – air pollution from wood burning stoves is cutting lives short, putting people in hospital, and contributing to serious health conditions for people across the UK.”

This is a problem everywhere. People have no recourse when they are smoked out. Great work from @mumsforlungs.bsky.social for once again bringing this issue to light with figures from government records.

New report released on the International Day of Action on Big Biomass shows how #BigBadBiomass Burns Billions of public money, hurts the climate and nature, while masquerading as renewable energy. environmentalpaper.org/2025/10/burn... @biofuelwatch.bsky.social @dogwoodalliance.org

Wood smoke has always been harmful.

“…although extreme concentrations of PM2.5 and smoky skies get a lot of attention, more harm is done at the lower concentrations that occur more often.” You don’t have to see smoke to be harmed by it. www.cbc.ca/radio/whaton...

Clean wood-smoke-free air matters.

Air quality agencies like this one need to stop downplaying the harm of certified stoves as well, but this is a good start—much better to see old stoves scrapped than replaced with another wood stove!

The article describes a wood stove industry trade group as an “independent not-for-profit organisation dedicated to creating a cleaner environment.”

This happened at a #biomass plant in rural Northwest California. “On March 31, a man was engulfed in flames at the mill while cleaning a piece of equipment. He subsequently leapt from a catwalk…” www.times-standard.com/2025/10/06/o...

A city in the Netherlands plans to ban outdoor recreational wood burning.

Good question: “There are usually ‘no smoking’ (cigarette, cigar, etc.) rules in the campground, and separate areas for smokers, away from campers. What makes that different from campfire smoke?”

People are living longer, and this is something to be celebrated! But research shows that #AirPollution increases the likelihood of people becoming frail in middle and old age. "Ensuring cleaner air, clean household energy, & smoke-free environments, especially in highly exposed communities is key".

A recent new story on our website from Australia.

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

“Log burning stoves damage lungs 'in the same way as smoking,’ new study shows”: www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/uk-worl...

And we still allow this in most urban areas of WA State. Why?

“A researcher at the UCL Institute of Health Informatics…Her work revealed “wood burning hotspots” and linked increased lung cancer rates in affluent areas to potential carcinogen exposure from wood smoke…” airqualitynews.com/local-govern...

A recent new story on our website: “We were made so sick that first winter… Our bedroom leaked a lot of smoke, even through the fan in the ensuite.…” www.dsawsp.org/personal-sto...

“According to an international study on air pollution residents in towns and cities that have PM2.5 annual average levels of 10 µg/m³ were breathing air that was as harmful as smoking 166 cigarettes a year…” www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

Wood smoke—whether visible or invisible—is toxic.

A wood-burning restaurant in San Francisco is severely smoking out nearby homes. #WoodBurningRestaurant

New on our website: More evidence links wood smoke and dementia www.familiesforcleanair.org/more-evidenc...

“A campfire is like a small, man-made forest fire that you are inhaling. We know that has health impacts... cardiovascular and respiratory effects. That is settled science. It’s not up for debate anymore….” —Prof. Scott Weichenthal, McGill U. www.montrealgazette.com/news/article...

“Over 1.2 million people with lung conditions in the Netherlands are affected by poor air quality, mainly caused by household wood stoves, barbecues, and fire pits, the Dutch Lung Foundation (Longfonds) said.” nltimes.nl/2025/09/14/h...

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.”

"Left unchecked, toxic air will keep shortening lives and worsening health everywhere. But the good news is that solutions are at hand." @janeburston.bsky.social, @cleanairfund.bsky.social in today's letters page. #airpollution is a solvable problem! www.theguardian.com/environment/...

There’s still a widespread assumption that smoke needs to be visible to be harmful. As this tragic story illustrates, that simply isn’t true.

Clean air advocates in Canberra are speaking out…

Great to see this continuing! “We’re urging residents to give up wood burning, so we can tackle London’s toxic air and create a healthier Hackney for everyone.” news.hackney.gov.uk/news/hackney...

We were part of the opposition against this terrible pellet plant plan in California.

New story on our website: “…listening to people chopping up their firewood at all hours of the day and night is triggering for mine and my children’s post traumatic stress disorder.”

It costs your health👇

How much has your neighbor’s wood burning cost you?