Wood-burning stoves should be labelled with health warning because of the dangers of indoor air pollution, report backed by 100 Tory MPs says
1 year, 3 months ago

Wood-burning stoves should be labelled with health warning because of the dangers of indoor air pollution, report backed by 100 Tory MPs says

Daily Mail  

Trendy wood-burning stoves should come with a health warning because of the dangerous pollution they emit, according to a report backed by more than 100 Conservative MPs. As many as 36,000 people in the UK die prematurely due to air pollution and fine particulate matter generated by household stoves - known as PM­2.5 - is considered by scientists to be particularly hazardous. There are believed to be 1.5million wood-burning stoves in the UK, with up to 200,000 sold each year PM2.5 is considered by health experts as the most dangerous form of air pollution. A Defra spokesman said: 'There have been significant improvements in air quality at a national level since 2010. our Environment Act made it easier for local authorities to act on pollution from domestic burning in smoke control areas and it is their legal duty to do that by issuing fines as they deem necessary.'

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We're being shamed for our wood burners by our woke virtue signalling council - and now we are so frightened of abuse we ask chimney sweeps to park down the road
2 months, 1 week ago

We're being shamed for our wood burners by our woke virtue signalling council - and now we are so frightened of abuse we ask chimney sweeps to park down the road

Daily Mail  

A council clean air campaign has led to 'a climate of fear and intimidation' for owners of wood-burning stoves, it has been claimed. The council seem to be relying on just one study Rob Whittington, a chimney sweep, said there are various websites offering advice in the correct use of wood burners and described the Cosy Killer campaign as 'fear-mongering.' …

The wood burner police are coming! Curtain-twitching neighbours complained to councils over domestic wood-burning 5,600 times in a year - our interactive map shows how many moaned in YOUR area
3 months ago

The wood burner police are coming! Curtain-twitching neighbours complained to councils over domestic wood-burning 5,600 times in a year - our interactive map shows how many moaned in YOUR area

Daily Mail  

England's hotspots for complaints about smoke pollution from wood burners were revealed today after 5,608 objections were made to councils in just one year. While wood burners are not banned outright anywhere in the UK, there are regulations within 'smoke control areas' which mean certain wood burners cannot emit more than 3g of smoke per hour. It comes after England's …

Your cosy home comforts could make you seriously ill: As Britons snuggle down in front of the fire for Christmas, experts have an ominous warning - and even scented candles aren't safe
3 months, 1 week ago

Your cosy home comforts could make you seriously ill: As Britons snuggle down in front of the fire for Christmas, experts have an ominous warning - and even scented candles aren't safe

Daily Mail  

Amid winter’s freezing grip, it’s the season for cosy home comforts, in the shape of crackling wood fires, flickering scented candles to perfume our snugly draught-proofed homes – and the tempting aroma of a hot meal bubbling on the cooker. Dr Suril Mehta, an epidemiologist at the US National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, who co-authored the study, said: ‘Even …

Wood you believe it? Just four fines are issued by councils for illegal burning - despite 100 complaints being made a week
3 months, 1 week ago

Wood you believe it? Just four fines are issued by councils for illegal burning - despite 100 complaints being made a week

Daily Mail  

Complaints to councils over smoke pollution coming from wood burners have rocketed in the past 12 months – but no one has been prosecuted. Trendy open fires have been making a comeback in recent years –with around 10 per cent of households burning wood. Trendy open fires have been making a comeback in recent years –with around 10 per cent …

Terrifying cancer risk of trendy wood burning stoves - as experts warn they are UK's biggest source of dangerous air pollution
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Terrifying cancer risk of trendy wood burning stoves - as experts warn they are UK's biggest source of dangerous air pollution

Daily Mail  

* Do you still love your wood burner? It comes as new research today found wood burning stoves are now the UK's biggest source of toxic PM2.5 particles. The home-heating devices, which have become a popular fixture in middle class homes, are said to be one of the main drivers of harmful air pollutants in UK cities The only source …

Scented candles, home fragrances are bad news for indoor air quality! Study explains why
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Scented candles, home fragrances are bad news for indoor air quality! Study explains why

Hindustan Times  

The festive season is here, and to add more festivities to our homes, we often light scented candles. However, a recent study led by Asit Kumar Mishra, University College Cork and Marie Coggins, University of Galway states that scented candles, air fresheners, and incense sticks may not be all good news. The study further observed that when scented candles or …

Urgent warning over trendy wood burning stoves - as experts warn they are now the UK's biggest source of the most dangerous type of air pollution
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Urgent warning over trendy wood burning stoves - as experts warn they are now the UK's biggest source of the most dangerous type of air pollution

Daily Mail  

* Do you still love your wood burner? Please email: Aidan.Radnedge.MOL@mailonline.co.uk * Trendy wood burning stoves are the UK's biggest source of the most dangerous type of air pollution called PM2.5, new research shows. The only source of PM2.5 emissions that has increased since 2003 is domestic combustion, according to the Institute of Fiscal Studies report NEW: Air pollution in …

Gas stoves may contribute to early deaths and childhood asthma, new Stanford study finds
10 months, 1 week ago

Gas stoves may contribute to early deaths and childhood asthma, new Stanford study finds

LA Times  

Lung-irritating pollution created by cooking with gas stoves may be contributing to tens of thousands of premature deaths and cases of childhood asthma in the United States, according to a new study published in the journal Science Advances. So this environmental injustice extends indoors as well.” The American Gas Assn., a trade organization representing more than 200 local energy companies …

Gas cookers 'should come with a health warning': Report reveals the appliances pump out 'unsafe' levels of pollution - as experts call for Brits to move to electric hobs and ovens
1 year, 4 months ago

Gas cookers 'should come with a health warning': Report reveals the appliances pump out 'unsafe' levels of pollution - as experts call for Brits to move to electric hobs and ovens

Daily Mail  

Gas cookers should be fitted with health warnings, according to a report that has found the appliances fill a kitchen with air pollution that breaks recommended safe levels. More than half of homes using gas hobs and gas ovens in the experiment breached the World Health Organization recommended maximum level of nitrogen dioxide once a week. They found that in …

Opinion: Gas stoves are bad for your health. So is the industry’s Big Tobacco-style coverup
1 year, 4 months ago

Opinion: Gas stoves are bad for your health. So is the industry’s Big Tobacco-style coverup

LA Times  

Some cities have banned or are considering bans of gas stoves in new home construction. As the center’s study and a National Public Radio investigation show, when evidence emerged in the early 1970s about the health effects of indoor nitrogen dioxide exposure from gas stove use, the American Gas Assn. The gas industry’s multipronged strategy related to gas stoves directly …

Chris Witty: Air fresheners and wood burners are air pollution risk
1 year, 8 months ago

Chris Witty: Air fresheners and wood burners are air pollution risk

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Air fresheners and wood burners contribute to air pollution despite …

Cooking with a gas stove may be as bad as breathing secondhand cigarette smoke, study finds
1 year, 9 months ago

Cooking with a gas stove may be as bad as breathing secondhand cigarette smoke, study finds

LA Times  

Researchers from Stanford University and nonprofit PSE Healthy Energy tested gas and propane stoves in 87 homes across California and Colorado. Researchers from Stanford University and nonprofit PSE Healthy Energy tested gas and propane stoves in 87 homes across California and Colorado and found that every appliance produced a detectable amount of cancer-causing benzene — a chemical with no safe …

Opinion: Don’t worry about the government taking your gas stove — worry about the pollution inside your home
1 year, 9 months ago

Opinion: Don’t worry about the government taking your gas stove — worry about the pollution inside your home

LA Times  

As a pediatrician, a big part of my work is to advise families on nutrition and healthy eating. This research found that burning gas or propane to make these staple meals created dangerous pollution inside — and not just in the kitchen, but throughout the whole house, for hours. Politics House Republicans, warning of gas stove bans, blame California Republicans …

Explained: Why New York is banning gas stoves in new buildings
1 year, 10 months ago

Explained: Why New York is banning gas stoves in new buildings

Firstpost  

Following months of deliberation, New York has become the first state in the country to ban natural gas and other fossil fuels in the construction of new buildings from 2026 onwards. Governor Kathy Hochul and Democratic lawmakers, who control the New York Senate and Assembly, enacted the new $229 billion state budget with the provision on Tuesday night in response …

Not everyone has the luxury to ditch ‘harmful’ gas stoves
2 years ago

Not everyone has the luxury to ditch ‘harmful’ gas stoves

Al Jazeera  

Healthier and more environmentally friendly alternatives are not immediately accessible to billions of people in Asia and Africa. Second, healthier and more environmentally friendly alternatives to gas stoves are not immediately accessible to many in the global majority – indeed, for billions of people in Africa and Asia, gas stoves are as clean as cooking will get, at least in …

Pollution from trendy woodburning stoves has more than doubled in just a decade, new figures reveal
2 years, 1 month ago

Pollution from trendy woodburning stoves has more than doubled in just a decade, new figures reveal

Daily Mail  

Pollution from trendy woodburning stoves has more than doubled in just ten years, according to the latest official statistics. Emissions of the pollutant PM2.5 from domestic wood burning alone increased 124 per cent between 2011 and 2021. Demand for household stoves soared by 40 per cent between April and June last year, with many households turning to log-burning as an …

Wood burners effectively banned in new and refurbished London homes under Sadiq Khan
2 years, 1 month ago

Wood burners effectively banned in new and refurbished London homes under Sadiq Khan

Daily Mail  

Wood burners have effectively been banned in new and refurbished buildings in London. Planning guidance from mayor Sadiq Khan sets an air quality limit that means large home and office developments can no longer use wood or solid fuels. Planning guidance from mayor Sadiq Khan sets an air quality limit that means large home and office developments can no longer …

Gas stoves, climate change and your health : Short Wave : NPR
2 years, 2 months ago

Gas stoves, climate change and your health : Short Wave : NPR

NPR  

How worried should you be about your gas stove? Enlarge this image toggle caption Scott Olson/Getty Images Scott Olson/Getty Images Gas stoves are found in around 40% of homes in the United States, and they've been getting a lot of attention lately. The proposal stems from a growing body of research suggesting gas stoves are unhealthy — especially for those …

Why the debate over banning gas stoves isn’t over
2 years, 2 months ago

Why the debate over banning gas stoves isn’t over

Live Mint  

The uproar over the idea of a federal ban on gas stoves has brought fresh attention to an effort that has attracted support and opposition around the country. The controversy erupted earlier in January, when a news report said that the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission was considering a ban because of indoor-air health concerns, citing an interview with CPSC …

Gas stoves can emit climate pollution, even when they are off: Research
2 years, 2 months ago

Gas stoves can emit climate pollution, even when they are off: Research

Hindustan Times  

The science is overwhelmingly clear: Gas stoves are a source of air pollution located inside your home. “Gas stoves have gotten pretty much a free pass as a source of air pollution in homes,” says Drew Michanowicz, senior scientist at the nonprofit research institute PSE Healthy Energy. “Nitrogen dioxide is nitrogen dioxide.” A study published just last month in the …

Cooking with gas ‘worse for your health than living in a polluted city’
2 years, 2 months ago

Cooking with gas ‘worse for your health than living in a polluted city’

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Children and older people are most vulnerable and one study found gas stoves cause spikes …

Gas stoves became part of the culture war in less than a week. Here's why
2 years, 2 months ago

Gas stoves became part of the culture war in less than a week. Here's why

NPR  

Gas stoves became part of the culture war in less than a week. Then, on Jan. 9, Bloomberg News published an interview with Richard Trumka, Jr., a commissioner on the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, who suggested that the government might consider stricter regulation of new gas stoves in response to health concerns about indoor air quality. Each of these …

An environmental health professor explains the fracas over gas stoves
2 years, 2 months ago

An environmental health professor explains the fracas over gas stoves

Salon  

Cooks love their gadgets, from countertop slow cookers to instant-read thermometers. Academic researchers and agencies such as the California Air Resources Board have reported that gas stoves can release hazardous air pollutants while they're operating, and even when they're turned off. Respiratory effects One of the main air pollutants commonly associated with using gas stoves is nitrogen dioxide, or NO₂, …

FACT FOCUS: Biden administration isn’t banning gas stoves
2 years, 2 months ago

FACT FOCUS: Biden administration isn’t banning gas stoves

Associated Press  

The Biden administration has come under fire this week due to overcooked fears that it is planning a nationwide ban on gas stoves. “I am not looking to ban gas stoves and the CPSC has no proceeding to do so,” CPSC Chair Alex Hoehn-Saric said in a statement on Wednesday. “The president does not support banning gas stoves,” White House …

The Gas Stove Culture Wars Have Begun
55 years, 3 months ago

The Gas Stove Culture Wars Have Begun

Wired  

A new way to show your political affiliation may be emerging, and it’s close to home. Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez from New York clapped back: “Did you know that ongoing exposure to NO2 from gas stoves is linked to reduced cognitive performance” Much like the divide over electric cars—US president Joe Biden has pushed the new electric options, but some Republicans …

Gas stove ban raised after air pollution linked to childhood asthma
2 years, 2 months ago

Gas stove ban raised after air pollution linked to childhood asthma

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Agency staff plans to start gathering data and perspectives from the public on potential hazards associated with gas stoves, …

Air Pollution: Things To Keep In Mind In Order To Protect Yourself
2 years, 4 months ago

Air Pollution: Things To Keep In Mind In Order To Protect Yourself

News 18  

Air pollution is a major public health issue on a global scale, particularly in light of the accelerating urbanisation and economic growth. Globally, the combined impacts of household and outdoor air pollution were responsible for seven million fatalities. People who have chronic respiratory conditions like asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are particularly susceptible to the negative effects of air …

Lockdown increased exposure to indoor air pollution
2 years, 5 months ago

Lockdown increased exposure to indoor air pollution

The Hindu  

During COVID-19 lockdowns, many countries observed historic improvements in ambient air quality. Our new study shows that despite the historic improvements in ambient air quality, PM2.5 exposures increased for 65% of Indians and a third of the global population during the lockdown, largely attributed to biomass cooking activity. We introduced and utilised a novel exposure framework that incorporated nationwide time-use …

Things you should know about household air pollution
2 years, 6 months ago

Things you should know about household air pollution

Hindustan Times  

The air quality in India is deteriorating due to anthropogenic activities, massive industrial expansion, population density and increased automobile use. There is evidence that air pollution both outdoor and indoor are on the rise in India and is the cause of higher rates of morbidity and mortality hence, effective interventions are required right now, from awareness to stringent standards to …

Air pollution increases risk of premature death by 20 per cent: Study
2 years, 9 months ago

Air pollution increases risk of premature death by 20 per cent: Study

Deccan Chronicle  

Washington: Exposure to above average levels of outdoor air pollution increases the risk of premature death by 20 per cent, and mortality risk from cardiovascular disease by 17 per cent, according to a study. The study also showed that the one-third of study participants who lived within 500 metres of a major roadway had a 13 per cent increased risk …

New study blames global pollution of all types for killing nine million people a year
2 years, 10 months ago

New study blames global pollution of all types for killing nine million people a year

Firstpost  

Pollution kills about the same number of people a year around the world as cigarette smoking and second-hand smoke combined, the study said A new study blames pollution of all types for 9 million deaths a year globally, with the death toll attributed to dirty air from cars, trucks and industry rising 55% since 2000. “9 million deaths is a …

Unhealthy air pollution impacts 99 per cent of people on Earth
2 years, 11 months ago

Unhealthy air pollution impacts 99 per cent of people on Earth

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Nearly every person on Earth is breathing harmful air pollution, the World Health Organisation warned …

Health experts call for reform as data suggests woodfired heaters are responsible for more premature deaths than thought
3 years, 7 months ago

Health experts call for reform as data suggests woodfired heaters are responsible for more premature deaths than thought

ABC  

Alisa Perks loves living in the regional New South Wales town of Armidale, but she has been forced to lock herself inside every winter for the past 16 years. Call to phase out wood heaters due to health concerns Photo shows Harrison and Mandy Betts One-in-nine Australians have asthma and about a quarter of them have attacks triggered by smoke …

The killer we've invited into the lounge room
3 years, 9 months ago

The killer we've invited into the lounge room

ABC  

ALICE BRENNAN: Hey there, welcome to Background Briefing I am Alice Brennan and today I'm sitting somewhere very special with reporter Alison Branley. ALISON BRANLEY: One in four Tasmanian households uses wood heaters to keep warm that's more than any other state or territory in Australia and that's bad news for people like Kate. ALISON BRANLEY: To understand why burning …

Pollution experts warn against gas-burning patio heaters
3 years, 11 months ago

Pollution experts warn against gas-burning patio heaters

Daily Mail  

Pubs and restaurants in England today started serving food and drink outdoors, in what has been one of the most anticipated stages of ending lockdown. However, environmental experts say reopening for outdoor dining only could cause a spike in air pollution from gas-burning patio heaters. And despite being in the middle of spring, blankets of snow in southern England and …

Local councils and campaigners urge people to stop burning wood at home
4 years ago

Local councils and campaigners urge people to stop burning wood at home

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Jonathan Grigg, professor of paediatric respiratory and environmental medicine at Queen Mary University of …

Polluting wood burners become latest target for clean air campaigners
4 years, 3 months ago

Polluting wood burners become latest target for clean air campaigners

The Independent  

Hazel Agombar used to enjoy throwing logs into her wood burner and sitting in front of a roaring fire. “But I realised the wood burner we had at home was causing more fine particulate matter than the traffic I was dealing with around schools, and I was really horrified.” Open fires and stoves burning wood produce tiny specks of soot …

Air pollution: why you should not forget about indoor air quality
4 years, 4 months ago

Air pollution: why you should not forget about indoor air quality

Live Mint  

Air quality in large parts of north India, including Delhi, was in the “severe” category for most of this week, improving briefly to “very poor”. Even the country’s “cleanest air” days, usually observed during the monsoon, are now generally above the World Health Organisation’s advised levels of fine particulate matter 24-hour mean. Research has shown that prolonged exposure to indoor …

Health effects of air pollution, according to WHO
4 years, 5 months ago

Health effects of air pollution, according to WHO

India TV News  

Exposure to poor air quality leads to increased premature mortality from cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. Air pollution is a grave risk to human health that affects nearly everyone in the world and nearly every organ in the body. Ambient air pollution is by far the most important environmental risk factor for morbidity and mortality, and household air pollution follows closely …

How passive smoking can help fix London's filthy air pollution crisis
6 years, 4 months ago

How passive smoking can help fix London's filthy air pollution crisis

Wired  

CSA Images/Getty Images “Watching a family member struggle to breathe properly because of the actions of my neighbours is not something I should have to deal with." The writer, Colin Oakes, explained exactly what he thought of the people that live around him, “Burning wood, with all of its known health risks, is tantamount to assault on members of the …

Polluting wood burning stoves, car tyres and fertilisers to be banned in drive for cleaner air
6 years, 10 months ago

Polluting wood burning stoves, car tyres and fertilisers to be banned in drive for cleaner air

The Telegraph  

A crackdown on wood burning stoves is at the centre of a Government drive to reduce air pollution as ministers deem it the UK’s biggest environmental threat to human health. Under a new clean air strategy to be announced on Tuesday, wood burners that pump out too much smoke will be banned from sale, along with certain types of car …

Do you know cookstoves in India are more polluting than thought?
7 years, 2 months ago

Do you know cookstoves in India are more polluting than thought?

India TV News  

Traditional cookstoves, widely used in the rural parts of India have been alleged to be producing much higher levels of particulate emissions than previously estimated, causing a detrimental impact on the country’s environment and health of residents, a research has revealed. "Our project findings quantitatively show that particulate emissions from cookstoves in India have been underestimated," said Rajan Chakrabarty, Assistant …

Indoor air pollution behind 1.24 lakh premature deaths in India in 2015: Report
7 years, 5 months ago

Indoor air pollution behind 1.24 lakh premature deaths in India in 2015: Report

India TV News  

Indoor air pollution caused 1.24 lakh premature deaths in India in 2015, more than the emissions from coal power plants or other industrial sources, a report published in Lancet, a noted medical journal, has said. The report states that while the country recorded 524,680 premature deaths in 2015 due to air pollution caused by the presence of ultrafine particulate matter …

Indoor pollution is as damaging as the foul air outside
8 years, 3 months ago

Indoor pollution is as damaging as the foul air outside

Hindustan Times  

Time was when Delhi’s winters were to die for. According to the World Health Organization’s Ambient Air Pollution database, 13 of the top 20 cities in the world with the highest annual levels of PM2.5 are now in India, and Delhi is one of them. Read: Air pollution: Sanatan Kriya can help keep lungs strong, system toxin-free According to the …

Call to sensitise people against usage of firewood for cooking
8 years, 9 months ago

Call to sensitise people against usage of firewood for cooking

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: Recent claims by NDA government that over 3.7 crore new liquefied petroleum gas connections were issued in 2015-16 proves there is no dearth for schemes to improve the quality of life of the poor. Talking to DC, associate director and senior fellow of The Energy and Resources Institute, Debajit Palit said Tamil Nadu, despite topping LPG use compared to …

Fact: Five insidious ways in which air toxins destroy your health
9 years, 1 month ago

Fact: Five insidious ways in which air toxins destroy your health

Hindustan Times  

Have you been feeling tired lately? Outdoor air pollution increased symptoms of depression, making people feel dissatisfied, worthless, bored, unhappy and hopeless, reports a study in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives. 2 Dementia Suspended particulate matter and ozone raise the risk of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, of close to 20,000 women living across the US published in the Archives of …

Air pollution killing seven million a year
11 years ago

Air pollution killing seven million a year

ABC  

The World Health Organisation says an estimated seven million people died as a result of air pollution in 2012. The WHO says about 3.3 million people died as a result of indoor air pollution and 2.6 million deaths were related to outdoor pollution. WHO estimates indoor air pollution was linked to 4.3 million deaths in 2012 in households cooking over …

Air pollution killed 7 million people in 2012: WHO report
11 years ago

Air pollution killed 7 million people in 2012: WHO report

Firstpost  

Air pollution kills about 7 million people worldwide every year, with more than half of the fatalities due to fumes from indoor stoves, according to a new report from the World Health Organisation. London: Air pollution kills about 7 million people worldwide every year, with more than half of the fatalities due to fumes from indoor stoves, according to a …

WHO: Air pollution caused one in eight deaths
11 years ago

WHO: Air pollution caused one in eight deaths

CNN  

Story highlights WHO describes air pollution as single largest environmental health risk Asian countries hardest hit by outdoor and indoor air pollution Majority of 7 million deaths linked with pollution are heart disease, stroke, lung diseases CNN — An estimated 7 million people died due to air pollution globally in 2012, with more than half of the deaths linked to …

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