Concerns Raised About Environmental and Health Impacts of Wood Burning

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A letter to the editor discusses the environmental and health impacts of wood burning, including carbon emissions, particulate matter pollution, and the expansion of biomass power plants in Europe. The letter challenges the classification of wood burning as carbon neutral and highlights health risks associated with particulate matter from wood stoves.

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• “Wood burning is not responsible for all the C02 pumped into the atmosphere, just a very quickly increasing share of it...Wood burning alone in the country is now responsible for more PM2.5 pollution than diesel fuel is...Wood burners also triple the level of harmful pollution inside homes.” — The Islands Grapevine – April 7th, 2022 (April 7th, 2022)

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