How to use a wood heater properly to limit smoke pollution, and why it matters
Robin Phillips was taking the bins out when his airways erupted with pain. The Launceston resident said he…
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New national data reveals the deadly truth about wood heaters in Australia:
Hundreds of premature deaths every year are linked to wood-heater smoke.
Researchers say the health toll rivals that of the black summer bushfires in some areas. There’s no safe level of exposure to pollution, yet governments still allow new heaters to be installed.
Maybe itt’s time ban new installations and eventually phase out of existing ones?
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Wood heater pollution is a silent killer. Here’s where the smoke is worst
Every year the winter cold brings an ambient haze of wood heater smoke to the suburbs, streets and…
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Imagine the outcry if factories killed as many people as wood heaters
"Today you would have to drive a diesel truck 500 kilometres to emit as much air pollution as a wood heater does in a single day. And that figure is for a wood heater that meets the current regulatory standards in Australia. Most do not."
https://theconversation.com/imagine-the-outcry-if-factories-killed-as-many-people-as-wood-heaters-207411regulation
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Air quality now at Cootamundra. Not very good due to people using wood fires because it's going down to 0 degrees C tonight and its nearly there.
