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Chris<a class="u-url mention" href="https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/georgemonbiot.bsky.social" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@georgemonbiot.bsky.social</a>The first map (percentage of households with a woodburner as a primary or secondary source of heating) shows how statistics can give a false impression. A lot of the darkest areas are very sparsely populated, maybe a few farmhouses in a valley. Most don't have mains gas, and a lot are used to frequent interruptions to electric supply. One or two may not have mains electricity. Due to the low population density the air will be cleaner than on many of the light areas.<a class="hashtag" href="https://mitra.northumbria.me/collections/tags/woodburners" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Woodburners</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://mitra.northumbria.me/collections/tags/liesdamnliesstatistics" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LiesDamnLiesStatistics</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://mitra.northumbria.me/collections/tags/statistics" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Statistics</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://mitra.northumbria.me/collections/tags/environment" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Environment</a>RE: <a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/convert/ap/at://did:plc:codfx2epdduamfycuyi5fjpb/app.bsky.feed.post/3ln36kpllf22b" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://bsky.brid.gy/convert/ap/at://did:plc:codfx2epdduamfycuyi5fjpb/app.bsky.feed.post/3ln36kpllf22b</a>

Juggling With Eggs“domestic combustion, mostly from burning wood in stoves and open fires, releases more particulate matter pollution (PM2.5) than road traffic in the UK.PM2.5 is a particularly harmful form of air pollution which lodges deeply in the lungs, brain and other organs.An open fire emits 4000 times more PM2.5 than a gas boiler”Visit mumsforlungs.org for more info on their campaign to raise awareness of the harm of burning wood.<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/mumsforlungs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mumsforlungs</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AirPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AirPollution</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WoodBurners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WoodBurners</a>

Juggling With EggsThe temperature has dropped here in <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Norfolk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Norfolk</a> UK in the past couple of days…I fear this point in the calendar every year because it means people start to light their <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/woodburners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#woodburners</a> and open fires (although it’s more often the former in the city).This means I get deluged my my neighbour’s woodsmoke. I can smell it inside our house. And every year I go around my neighbourhood with the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MumsForLungs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MumsForLungs</a> flyers - particularly targeting the posher streets with piles of wood outside their doors.

Dr Joe Pajak🔥Wood burning harms our health and the🌍environment, but most people are unaware that it is a major source of air pollution.🔥 Air Quality Regulations 2020 <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/1095/contents/made" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/1095/contents/made</a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/CleanAirNight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CleanAirNight</a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Pollution</a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/WoodBurners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WoodBurners</a> Learn the truth about wood burning: <a href="https://wwww.cleanairhub.org.uk/clean-air-night" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://wwww.cleanairhub.org.uk/clean-air-night</a>

AutisticMumTo3Ban on wood burners threatens British boat-dwellers with winter freeze | Fuel poverty | The Guardian <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/sep/23/ban-on-wood-burners-threatens-british-boat-dwellers-with-winter-freeze" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/sep/23/ban-on-wood-burners-threatens-british-boat-dwellers-with-winter-freeze</a><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/BoatDwellers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BoatDwellers</a> <a href="https://leftist.network/tags/BoatPeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BoatPeople</a> <a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Poverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Poverty</a> <a href="https://leftist.network/tags/WoodBurners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WoodBurners</a> <a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Narrowboat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Narrowboat</a> <a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Barge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Barge</a> <a href="https://leftist.network/tags/NationalBargeeTravellersAssociation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NationalBargeeTravellersAssociation</a> <a href="https://leftist.network/tags/NBTA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NBTA</a> <a href="https://leftist.network/tags/ForagedWood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ForagedWood</a> <a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Foraging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Foraging</a>

Katie HauschildtNew <a href="https://critcare.social/tags/pyrography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pyrography</a> stuffWorking up to starting a new art piece for a friend. Excited but feeling extra pressure to nail it.Both done at my new lil’ pyrography station (IKEA Ivar shelving unit with drop table addition)<a href="https://critcare.social/tags/mastoart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mastoart</a> <a href="https://critcare.social/tags/WoodBurningArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WoodBurningArt</a> <a href="https://critcare.social/tags/WoodBurners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WoodBurners</a> <a href="https://critcare.social/tags/MedMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MedMastodon</a>

AutisticMumTo3The danger of wood burners in our homes | Hampshire Chronicle <a href="https://leftist.network/tags/WoodBurning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WoodBurning</a> <a href="https://leftist.network/tags/WoodBurners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WoodBurners</a> <a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Pollution</a> <a href="https://leftist.network/tags/AirPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AirPollution</a> <a href="https://www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/23445619.danger-wood-burners-homes/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/23445619.danger-wood-burners-homes/</a>

Hitech Guru<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Woodburners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Woodburners</a> in effect banned in new and refurbished homes in <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/London" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#London</a> <a href="https://theguardian.com/environment/2023/feb/08/wood-burners-in-effect-banned-new-refurbished-homes-london" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://theguardian.com/environment/2023/feb/08/wood-burners-in-effect-banned-new-refurbished-homes-london</a>? <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Pollution</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RenewableEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RenewableEnergy</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Green" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Green</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CleanTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CleanTech</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Greenenergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Greenenergy</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Greentech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Greentech</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Renewable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Renewable</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/cleanenergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cleanenergy</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CleanAir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CleanAir</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Healthrisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Healthrisk</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Health</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CancerResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CancerResearch</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Cancer</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/wood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wood</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/woodstove" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#woodstove</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Facts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Facts</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FactsNotFear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FactsNotFear</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Lungdisease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Lungdisease</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/mentalillness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mentalillness</a>

AManAndAMouseA wood stove and a dog<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GoodMorning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GoodMorning</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/woodstove" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#woodstove</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NewYork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NewYork</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Dogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dogs</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/dogsOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dogsOfMastodon</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/tuesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tuesday</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/picture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#picture</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/photooftheday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#photooftheday</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/warm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#warm</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/woodburners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#woodburners</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/crewdteesdotcom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#crewdteesdotcom</a>

Juggling With EggsI loathe <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/woodburners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#woodburners</a>...but love how Guardian has really got on board recently with its stream of articles explaining how damaging they are to the air we breathe and our health. Middle England really needs to get this message...<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/feb/14/wood-burning-air-pollution-uk-doubled-decade" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/feb/14/wood-burning-air-pollution-uk-doubled-decade</a>

Norfolk BeaIn my new build estate several homeowners have had <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/woodburners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#woodburners</a> installed. All the properties have gas central heating & have been built to latest building regs. One homeowner has COPD. The allotment holders behind us love to torch green waste. The council is toothless. <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/NorthNorfolk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NorthNorfolk</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/BurnBabyBurn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BurnBabyBurn</a> 🙄<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/feb/03/councils-say-they-lack-funds-to-enforce-stricter-limits-on-wood-burners?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/feb/03/councils-say-they-lack-funds-to-enforce-stricter-limits-on-wood-burners?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other</a>

Zara1<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WoodBurners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WoodBurners</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fire</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/chickens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#chickens</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/hens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hens</a> Fireside comatose relaxed sunbathing chooks! <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/myphoto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#myphoto</a> 😂🐓

Jim HunterThe fashion for wood burning stoves is having an impact. Averaged over the whole year, home fires in the UK produce more particle pollution than the exhaust of all traffic on our roads.<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/27/worst-london-air-pollution-in-six-years-as-home-fires-burn" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/27/worst-london-air-pollution-in-six-years-as-home-fires-burn</a>?<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/WoodBurners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WoodBurners</a>

Global Action PlanWe spoke with @SkyNews@twitter.com about the dangers of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/WoodBurners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WoodBurners</a> 🔥With @ImpUrbanHealth@twitter.com we want to raise awareness and discourage <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/WoodBurning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WoodBurning</a> unless it is absolutely essential. Most burn for "aesthetic" reasons with only 8% burning as a main source of heat.⬇️ <a href="https://loom.ly/r8kpJM8" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://loom.ly/r8kpJM8</a>

Global Action PlanSurprising but true! Octopuses have three hearts🐙AND <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/WoodBurners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WoodBurners</a> pollute the air in your home.Many people are unaware about the dangers of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/WoodBurning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WoodBurning</a>. We're working with @ImpUrbanHealth@twitter.com to change that.Learn more on the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/CleanAirHub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CleanAirHub</a>: <a href="http://www.cleanairhub.org.uk/clean-air-information/air-pollution-health/wood-burners" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://www.cleanairhub.org.uk/clean-air-information/air-pollution-health/wood-burners</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AirPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AirPollution</a>

Global Action PlanSurprising but true! Dolphins sleep with one eye open 🐬 AND <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/WoodBurners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WoodBurners</a> and open fires are the second biggest source of small particle <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AirPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AirPollution</a> in the UK.Many people are unaware about the dangers of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/WoodBurning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WoodBurning</a>.Learn more on the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/CleanAirHub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CleanAirHub</a>: <a href="http://www.cleanairhub.org.uk/clean-air-information/air-pollution-health/wood-burners" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://www.cleanairhub.org.uk/clean-air-information/air-pollution-health/wood-burners</a>

SophieI kinda knew my wood burner wasn't great. Having read this article, I'm horrified at just how bad. I can't keep ignoring it... <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/dec/27/wood-burning-stove-environment-home-toxins" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/dec/27/wood-burning-stove-environment-home-toxins</a>Last year I used it maybe three times. With the talk of blackouts this year, I fretted and got a delivery of wood. I'd quickly settled into using it quite often. That stops now.Knowing it's there for emergencies reassures me, and always will. I'll miss it, but the price is too high. <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/woodburners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#woodburners</a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/stove" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#stove</a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Monbiot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Monbiot</a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#environment</a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/realisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#realisation</a>

Juggling With EggsSold as ‘cosy’, ‘eco-friendly’ and ‘hygge’...they are just polluting monstrosities that are a blight on the lives of everyone, particularly those living in densely populated cities/towns. I struggle between Oct and March because of the overwhelming smell of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/woodsmoke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#woodsmoke</a> from my neighbour’s <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WoodBurners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WoodBurners</a> that I cannot escape from in my own home. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/dec/08/eco-wood-burners-produce-450-times-more-pollution-than-gas-heating-report?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/dec/08/eco-wood-burners-produce-450-times-more-pollution-than-gas-heating-report?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other</a>

Khurram Wadee ✅Hearths on fire: <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UK</a> residents incensed by <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pollution</a> from <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/WoodBurners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WoodBurners</a> | <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/AirPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AirPollution</a> | The Guardian<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/feb/20/hearths-on-fire-uk-residents-incensed-by-pollution-from-wood-burners" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/feb/20/hearths-on-fire-uk-residents-incensed-by-pollution-from-wood-burners</a><a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Environment</a>

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