Wood Burning At Home
The title of this post, is the same as that of the title on the home page of this web site.
I actually accessed the page as it appeared as an advert on something I was looking at on the Internet.
This is the sub-heading.
How do you feel about open fires, wood burners and even wood smoke?
These four paragraphs make up the home page.
It has long been known that the small particles released by solid fuel burning can stay in the air and even travel long distances. These small particles, when inhaled, can increase your risk of stroke, asthma, lung cancer, heart disease and dementia.
It is estimated that around 4,000 premature deaths occur each year in London due to long-term exposure to air pollution, of which about 284 are attributable to domestic wood burning. Every one of those 284 deaths is completely avoidable.
Domestic wood burning has a health and economic cost of about £187 million per year in London. That’s a cost of £24 for every London resident, whether you burn solid fuels or not.
The most effective way of reducing pollution and protecting everyone’s health is simply to avoid burning any wood, coal, or other solid fuels at home.
As I don’t have naked flames at all in my house, this doesn’t apply to me.
When I helped to fund two guys, who were developing a metered dose inhaler for asthma drugs, I did my due diligence before I invested.
I found some research, that said that naked flames and the oxides of nitrogen they produce, were one of the main causes of asthma.
So I avoid them and don’t do barbecues, bonfires, gas cookers or gas fires.
Incidentally, the two guys did develop the metered dose inhaler for asthma drugs and it is now prescribed as Respimat. It is totally mechanical, with no compressed gases or batteries.
The Anonymous Widower 