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Wood Smoke

Photos illustrating woodsmoke plumes

These photos were taken on February 7, 2009, just south of Danielson, CT by G. Leslie Sweetnam: www.glsweetnam.com

Wood Smoke

• Wood Smoke Home
• The Dangers to Health from Outdoor Wood Furnaces
• Environment and Human Health, Inc.’s research shows outdoor wood furnaces are dangerous to people’s health
• Scientists and physicians say Outdoor Wood Furnaces are a serious health threat to those who live near them.
• EHHI Testimony On An Act Adding Wood Smoke to the Public Health Nuisance Code and Concerning Outdoor Wood-burning Furnaces
• The Health Effects of Wood Smoke
• Outdoor Wood Smoke: Number of Complaints by Location
• American Lung Association Position Paper on Wood Smoke
• Connecticut Attorney General's position on Wood Smoke
• EHHI asks the CT Legislature to help the many people in the state who are being made sick from breathing their neighbor's wood smoke
• EHHI Op-ed on Wood Smoke
• EHS Circular Letter # 2009-32 - A letter from Connecticut Department of Public Health that discusses wood smoke as a public nuisance