Press Releases
Scientists and physicians say Outdoor Wood Furnaces are a serious health threat to those who live near them
American Lung Association Position Paper on Wood Smoke
Connecticut Attorney General's position on Wood Smoke
Publications & Studies
Background & Links
Outdoor Wood Burning Furnaces: Number of Complaints by Location
Photos of Wood Smoke Plumes
Environment and Human Health, Inc. asks the Connecticut Legislature to help the many people in the state who are being made sick from breathing their neighbor's wood smoke on a continuous basis
What's In That Smoke?
- New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
Burning
Issues - Wood Smoke
Health Effects
of Wood Smoke - US EPA
Areas
with Restrictions on Wood burning
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News & Commentary from EHHI
EHHI Testifies on An Act Adding Wood Smoke to the Public Health Nuisance Code and Concerning Outdoor Wood-burning Furnaces:
EHHI OpEd
on Wood Smoke
Legislation & Regulation
Connecticut towns that have banned outdoor wood furnaces:
Granby, Tolland, Hebron, Woodbridge, South Windsor, Portland, Ridgefield, Norfolk and Haddam
The State of Washington does not allow the use of Wood-fired boilers
EHS Circular Letter # 2009-32 - A letter from Connecticut Department of Public Health that discusses wood smoke as a public nuisance
An
Act Concerning the Operation of Wood Stoves
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