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- From: mjvande@pbhye.PacBell.COM (Mike Vandeman)
- Subject: Re: pollution from woodburning fireplace
- Reply-To: mjvande@PacBell.COM (Mike Vandeman)
- Organization: Pacific * Bell, San Ramon, CA
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 15:44:40 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.154440.20500@pbhye.PacBell.COM>
- References: <1hr11tINNilk@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>
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- >My neighbor has a woodburning fireplace which he burns from
- >morning to night. It is polluting the air around my house to the
- >point where I ca
- >can hardly breathe when I am outside and it is getting into m
- >my house. Could anyone tell me what could be causing this
- >pollution. Could he be burning the wrong kind of wood? What
- >could my neighbor do to eliminate or cut down the strong smell
- >that his coming from his fireplace and surrounding my house.
- >I noticed even his chimney is getting black.
-
- Wood burning is naturally polluting. Modern stoves are cleaner,
- but wood smoke is still one of the most toxic air pollutants.
- The only thing you can do is not use it!
-