WHY IS WOODBURNING AN AIR POLLUTION PROBLEM?

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Hi All!

I am trying to change the subject. Ok, so I am going back to another

controversial subject.

I wanted to Thank Alana for posting this email...SeaGirl111...

While I got on my soapbox about Cracker Barrel, she posted two very good

informative links to wood burning. Thank you Alana!

I personally like to " visit " fire places. Meaning I like to go and (eat)

at places now and then that have them.

Fire places have been a problem for me, as so are wood burning stoves

for as long as I can remember. Depending on them, every day in a house

is not good. It is not good in a fireplace to depend on it for heat, for

all the heat goes up in the chimney LOL! It really does. But they are

fun to sit by and socialize and eat IF you are able to.

We have a fire place in our house. We have only used it once in the five

years we have been here. We bought a nice pellet burning stove. It burns

pellets, has a fan that puts the heat in, and a very nice vent outside

that blows all the stuff out. We put a pan of water on it during the

coldest part of the winter for me, because I have a hard time with dry

heat. If I could say anything about gas heat is how it dries the sinuses

and makes all more susceptible to viruses. I want to have humidifiers,

but I have found them to be a mold producer. If you are asthmatic, there

is no easy solution to heating. If it is not one thing it is another.

I still like to " visit " fire places. They are warm and cozy, and

stimulate socializing.

anyways...just trying to make some kind of conversation....

love,

Cindi

sea_girl111 wrote:

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> WHY IS WOODBURNING AN AIR POLLUTION PROBLEM?

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> Findings from animal studies demonstrate a reduction in disease

> resistance associated with woodsmoke exposure.

>

> Woodsmoke exposure can disrupt cellular membranes, depress immune

> system activity, damage the layer of cells that protect and cleanse

> the airways, and disrupt enzyme levels.

>

> The health effects of woodsmoke exposure include increased

> respiratory symptoms, increased hospital admissions for lower

> respiratory infections, exacerbation of asthma, and decreased

> breathing ability.

>

> Population studies have shown that young children, the elderly, and

> people with preexisting cardiopulmonary disease are most likely to be

> affected.

>

> As a major contributor to particulate matter air pollution, woodsmoke

> can also be linked directly with a variety of other particulate

> matter-associated health effects, including increased risks of school

> absenteeism, emergency room visits and hospitalizations for

> cardiopulmonary conditions and premature death.

>

> http://www.lungusa.org/site/c.dvLUK9O0E/b.23354/k.100/Woodburning.htm

> <http://www.lungusa.org/site/c.dvLUK9O0E/b.23354/k.100/Woodburning.htm>

>

> Alana

>

>

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WHY IS WOODBURNING AN AIR POLLUTION PROBLEM?

Findings from animal studies demonstrate a reduction in disease

resistance associated with woodsmoke exposure.

Woodsmoke exposure can disrupt cellular membranes, depress immune

system activity, damage the layer of cells that protect and cleanse

the airways, and disrupt enzyme levels.

The health effects of woodsmoke exposure include increased

respiratory symptoms, increased hospital admissions for lower

respiratory infections, exacerbation of asthma, and decreased

breathing ability.

Population studies have shown that young children, the elderly, and

people with preexisting cardiopulmonary disease are most likely to be

affected.

As a major contributor to particulate matter air pollution, woodsmoke

can also be linked directly with a variety of other particulate

matter-associated health effects, including increased risks of school

absenteeism, emergency room visits and hospitalizations for

cardiopulmonary conditions and premature death.

http://www.lungusa.org/site/c.dvLUK9O0E/b.23354/k.100/Woodburning.htm

Alana