Doctors and Scientists Against Wood Smoke Pollution
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We are an international coalition dedicated to reducing harm to human health and our climate by decreasing wood burning. www.dsawsp.org
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Personal wood smoke stories
Personal stories from neighbors of wood-burning households describing how wood smoke pollution has affected their lives.
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January 17, 2026 at 9:52 AM
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Real people experience real harm due to wood smoke pollution. It’s important these stories are told.
It's one week until #CleanAirNight. We're sharing some real-life experiences as a snapshot of the effect that #WoodBurning has on neighbours & communities.
To read more of these, head here: www.mumsforlungs.org/news/the-big...
More info on Clean Air Night: www.cleanairhub.org.uk/clean-air-ni...
To read more of these, head here: www.mumsforlungs.org/news/the-big...
More info on Clean Air Night: www.cleanairhub.org.uk/clean-air-ni...
January 17, 2026 at 9:51 AM
Real people experience real harm due to wood smoke pollution. It’s important these stories are told.
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A tree cutting business moved in next to a neighborhood in Missouri. The business is burning the wood—large amounts of it—in open pits.
The neighbors are trying to raise awareness of their plight after local authorities have done nothing to stop the burning.
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The neighbors are trying to raise awareness of their plight after local authorities have done nothing to stop the burning.
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Tree cutting business burning refuse
A tree trimmer’s wood burning is creating pollution misery for a group of Missouri neighbors.
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January 15, 2026 at 2:28 PM
A tree cutting business moved in next to a neighborhood in Missouri. The business is burning the wood—large amounts of it—in open pits.
The neighbors are trying to raise awareness of their plight after local authorities have done nothing to stop the burning.
www.dsawsp.org/personal-sto...
The neighbors are trying to raise awareness of their plight after local authorities have done nothing to stop the burning.
www.dsawsp.org/personal-sto...
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We're running a poster campaign for this year's #CleanAirNight (next Thursday, 22nd!).
Let's create a buzz about the #AirPollution & #Health impacts of burning wood by putting a poster up on 20th Jan, then sharing a photo with us on 22nd!
Deadline to order: Thurs 15th, 6pm. bit.ly/m4l-canposte...
Let's create a buzz about the #AirPollution & #Health impacts of burning wood by putting a poster up on 20th Jan, then sharing a photo with us on 22nd!
Deadline to order: Thurs 15th, 6pm. bit.ly/m4l-canposte...
January 13, 2026 at 10:11 AM
We're running a poster campaign for this year's #CleanAirNight (next Thursday, 22nd!).
Let's create a buzz about the #AirPollution & #Health impacts of burning wood by putting a poster up on 20th Jan, then sharing a photo with us on 22nd!
Deadline to order: Thurs 15th, 6pm. bit.ly/m4l-canposte...
Let's create a buzz about the #AirPollution & #Health impacts of burning wood by putting a poster up on 20th Jan, then sharing a photo with us on 22nd!
Deadline to order: Thurs 15th, 6pm. bit.ly/m4l-canposte...
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Good piece:
www.openaccessgovernment.org/why-wood-bur...
www.openaccessgovernment.org/why-wood-bur...
Why wood burning threatens the fight for clean air
Jonathan Blades from Asthma + Lung UK explains the rising concern and health impacts related to air pollution caused by domestic wood burning
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January 10, 2026 at 3:36 AM
Good piece:
www.openaccessgovernment.org/why-wood-bur...
www.openaccessgovernment.org/why-wood-bur...
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My garden stinks of woodsmoke from an allegedly compliant burner 100m away.
I live in a Clean Air Zone.
It's ridiculous.
I live in a Clean Air Zone.
It's ridiculous.
My pettist of pet air pollution peeves: log burners on foggy days. You are literally gassing yourself and your entire neighbourhood in dense air pollution trapped at ground level. It is where the word smog (smoke + fog) comes from. Should be banned. Until then, just don't.
January 8, 2026 at 12:13 PM
My garden stinks of woodsmoke from an allegedly compliant burner 100m away.
I live in a Clean Air Zone.
It's ridiculous.
I live in a Clean Air Zone.
It's ridiculous.
A familiar story: The council insists it’s fine.
A business “previously used a skip that was removed regularly to deal with its waste. However… they have switched to using a wood-burner that Preston City Council says is fully compliant….”
A business “previously used a skip that was removed regularly to deal with its waste. However… they have switched to using a wood-burner that Preston City Council says is fully compliant….”
January 8, 2026 at 10:47 AM
A familiar story: The council insists it’s fine.
A business “previously used a skip that was removed regularly to deal with its waste. However… they have switched to using a wood-burner that Preston City Council says is fully compliant….”
A business “previously used a skip that was removed regularly to deal with its waste. However… they have switched to using a wood-burner that Preston City Council says is fully compliant….”
This year we are again official supporters of Clean Air Night, along with a number of other organizations, councils, NHS trusts, and others.
Breathing in air pollution from wood burning increases your risk of heart and lung disease, asthma, diabetes and dementia. Even homes with newer “Ecodesign” wood burners are three times more polluted than those without.
This #CleanAirNight, share the facts about wood burning.
This #CleanAirNight, share the facts about wood burning.
January 5, 2026 at 1:10 PM
This year we are again official supporters of Clean Air Night, along with a number of other organizations, councils, NHS trusts, and others.
It’s worth repeating: “Clean burning” is a myth.
January 2, 2026 at 3:34 PM
It’s worth repeating: “Clean burning” is a myth.
Thank *you*!
December 25, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Thank *you*!
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Good article—but why the need to give the wood stove industry the last word?
www.mirror.co.uk/money/househ...
www.mirror.co.uk/money/househ...
Warning to people with log burning fires following new report
A new report has claimed that banning solid fuels like wood and log burners in UK homes could save 1,500 lives a year and £54m in NHS funding.
www.mirror.co.uk
December 25, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Good article—but why the need to give the wood stove industry the last word?
www.mirror.co.uk/money/househ...
www.mirror.co.uk/money/househ...
Wishing you all a future filled with clean, wood-smoke-free air.
December 24, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Wishing you all a future filled with clean, wood-smoke-free air.
So sorry that’s happening to you! That’s horrible.
It’s outrageous this is not only still legal to burn, but legal in SCAs.
It’s outrageous this is not only still legal to burn, but legal in SCAs.
December 22, 2025 at 11:58 PM
So sorry that’s happening to you! That’s horrible.
It’s outrageous this is not only still legal to burn, but legal in SCAs.
It’s outrageous this is not only still legal to burn, but legal in SCAs.
New story on our website: A UK resident is being smoked out by someone burning a Defra-approved “smokeless fuel”—coal.
“It is mind boggling that this stuff is on a government website as being legal to burn.”
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“It is mind boggling that this stuff is on a government website as being legal to burn.”
www.dsawsp.org/personal-sto...
Suffocating fumes from “smokeless fuel”
A neighbour burning “smokeless fuel” is creating misery for a UK resident.
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December 22, 2025 at 2:12 PM
New story on our website: A UK resident is being smoked out by someone burning a Defra-approved “smokeless fuel”—coal.
“It is mind boggling that this stuff is on a government website as being legal to burn.”
www.dsawsp.org/personal-sto...
“It is mind boggling that this stuff is on a government website as being legal to burn.”
www.dsawsp.org/personal-sto...
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“We’re being poisoned slowly, right before our eyes,” said longtime resident Carmella Wren-Causey, a plaintiff in a lawsuit against Drax. “God gave me breath when he gave me life. Drax took it away.”
“Everything is worse since Drax came here”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
“Everything is worse since Drax came here”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Everything is worse since Drax came here’: US residents say wood-pellet plant harming their town
Residents of Gloster, Mississippi, are suing plant that exports wood pellets to UK and Europe. Company says it is reducing emissions
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
“We’re being poisoned slowly, right before our eyes,” said longtime resident Carmella Wren-Causey, a plaintiff in a lawsuit against Drax. “God gave me breath when he gave me life. Drax took it away.”
“Everything is worse since Drax came here”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
“Everything is worse since Drax came here”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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A concerned pregnant woman on a wood stove forum asks if wood burning might perhaps be bad for health. The answer: No Way…
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From the woodstoving community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the woodstoving community
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December 18, 2025 at 4:35 AM
A concerned pregnant woman on a wood stove forum asks if wood burning might perhaps be bad for health. The answer: No Way…
www.reddit.com/r/woodstovin...
www.reddit.com/r/woodstovin...
A new story on our website: A professional gardener is experiencing serious smoke-related health problems resulting in financial, as well as physical and emotional, strain.
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Surrounded and sickened
Life in a small UK village has become filled with sickness, misery, and financial strain due to residents burning wood and other solid fuel.
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December 15, 2025 at 2:14 PM
A new story on our website: A professional gardener is experiencing serious smoke-related health problems resulting in financial, as well as physical and emotional, strain.
www.dsawsp.org/personal-sto...
www.dsawsp.org/personal-sto...
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Wood smoke is very targetted pollution – next door neighbour could be getting >250µg/m³ PM2.5 indoors while someone a few doors down may not even smell smoke! Very easy to ignore until your neighbour starts burning. That’s why it needs to be considered by emissions per appliance, NOT local averages.
Why is air pollution from wood burning a social justice issue? 👇
December 13, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Wood smoke is very targetted pollution – next door neighbour could be getting >250µg/m³ PM2.5 indoors while someone a few doors down may not even smell smoke! Very easy to ignore until your neighbour starts burning. That’s why it needs to be considered by emissions per appliance, NOT local averages.
“A year’s worth of readings from our air quality sensors showed that PM2.5 pollution… was 91% higher during the winter months compared with the summer. This directly coincides with when we know many people use open fires and wood-burning stoves.” www.theargus.co.uk/news/2569255...
Senior councillor defends campaign to stop people using log burners in Brighton
From running adult social care, to fixing potholes and repairing roads, authorities like Brighton and Hove City Council are responsible for a lot of…
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December 13, 2025 at 11:44 AM
“A year’s worth of readings from our air quality sensors showed that PM2.5 pollution… was 91% higher during the winter months compared with the summer. This directly coincides with when we know many people use open fires and wood-burning stoves.” www.theargus.co.uk/news/2569255...
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So now garbage burning is considered carbon neutral…?
news.mongabay.com/2025/12/boom...
news.mongabay.com/2025/12/boom...
Boom in burning waste for fuel puts human health and environment at risk
As the world desperately searches for a way out of its global climate change and plastic pollution crises, nations are increasingly turning to burning municipal waste to make fuel as a solution to bot...
news.mongabay.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:36 AM
So now garbage burning is considered carbon neutral…?
news.mongabay.com/2025/12/boom...
news.mongabay.com/2025/12/boom...
Regulators and others often treat wood smoke pollution as a “nuisance” issue. But is it?
December 10, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Regulators and others often treat wood smoke pollution as a “nuisance” issue. But is it?
On our blog: Will Defra’s new Environmental Improvement Plan help smoked-out residents in England… or not? www.dsawsp.org/blog/are-woo...
Are wood stoves going to be banned in England?
A new Environmental Improvement Plan brings questions about the future of wood burning in England.
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December 8, 2025 at 10:59 AM
On our blog: Will Defra’s new Environmental Improvement Plan help smoked-out residents in England… or not? www.dsawsp.org/blog/are-woo...
“Modern ‘Defra-approved’ and ‘EcoDesign’ stoves… emit less visible smoke. But even under ideal operating conditions, they still emit significant levels of PM2.5…”
December 6, 2025 at 3:47 AM
“Modern ‘Defra-approved’ and ‘EcoDesign’ stoves… emit less visible smoke. But even under ideal operating conditions, they still emit significant levels of PM2.5…”