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Connecticut endangered by wood smoke
Wood smoke has become the new “secondhand smoke.” Wood smoke has many of the same components as cigarette smoke, and yet while cigarette smoke is highly regulated wood smoke is almost completely unregulated.
In summer months many people burn open fire pits, chimineas and other wood burning equipment -- many of which cause neighbors to breathe in wood smoke - even in very hot weather. The affected people often call Environment and Human Health Inc. looking for ways to stop the wood smoke from coming into their homes and asking why town, state and federal agencies do not protect them.
The situation explodes in the colder months when outdoor wood furnaces pollute the air of so many towns - with none of the government agencies willing to remediate this serious problem. An outdoor wood furnace bill died once again this year in the Connecticut legislature.
Wood smoke is dangerous when breathed in on a continual basis, just as cigarette smoke is. It is taking all too long for states, towns and health departments to deal with this serious health issue.
Nancy Alderman
President Environment and Human Health Inc.
North Haven
Environment and Human Health, Inc. (EHHI), is a 10-member, nonprofit organization composed of doctors, public health professionals and policy experts dedicated to protecting people from environmental harms.
In summer months many people burn open fire pits, chimineas and other wood burning equipment -- many of which cause neighbors to breathe in wood smoke - even in very hot weather. The affected people often call Environment and Human Health Inc. looking for ways to stop the wood smoke from coming into their homes and asking why town, state and federal agencies do not protect them.
The situation explodes in the colder months when outdoor wood furnaces pollute the air of so many towns - with none of the government agencies willing to remediate this serious problem. An outdoor wood furnace bill died once again this year in the Connecticut legislature.
Wood smoke is dangerous when breathed in on a continual basis, just as cigarette smoke is. It is taking all too long for states, towns and health departments to deal with this serious health issue.
Nancy Alderman
President Environment and Human Health Inc.
North Haven
Environment and Human Health, Inc. (EHHI), is a 10-member, nonprofit organization composed of doctors, public health professionals and policy experts dedicated to protecting people from environmental harms.
posted by Matt DeRienzo at
7:43 AM
4 Comments:
most people burn wood as a necessity to keep from freezing to death because of the cost of oil
so if it comes to a choice of between being cold and people whining i will pick being warm, its winter let them close their windows people have been burning wood to keep warm since the cave man your not going to change that especially with the economy the way it is, also you should watch Penn and Tellers episode on second hand smoke on their showtime series bull####
Surprised that this group doesn't want to ban outdoor BBQ,
smoke from burning toast has many of the same components as smoke from burning wood. in fact, inhaling smoke from burning ANYTHING on a continual basis is not good for anyone.
Nancy Alderman, the author, is President of the Environment and Human Health Inc. Her job goes if she fails to scare people. Our society has become hostage to the hypochondriacs who complain the most. Frankly they have been crying wolf so often people won't believe them when there's a real problem.
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