Doctors and Scientists Against Wood Smoke Pollution
@dsawsp.org
We are an international coalition dedicated to reducing harm to human health and our climate by decreasing wood burning. www.dsawsp.org
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.
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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...
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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.
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.”
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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.”
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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...
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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”
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“Everything is worse since Drax came here”
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‘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
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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”
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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…
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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…?
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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...
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December 11, 2025 at 3:36 AM
So now garbage burning is considered carbon neutral…?
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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…”
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Ever thought you’d see the day when wood stoves #polluted more than power stations?
Burning wood harms health.
Harms you, your children & your neighbours.
Don’t do it…
Burning wood harms health.
Harms you, your children & your neighbours.
Don’t do it…
December 2, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Ever thought you’d see the day when wood stoves #polluted more than power stations?
Burning wood harms health.
Harms you, your children & your neighbours.
Don’t do it…
Burning wood harms health.
Harms you, your children & your neighbours.
Don’t do it…
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"Children playing in their yards are struggling to breathe. The air is filled with wood dust. Residents endure asthma, bronchitis & cardiovascular disease across the U.S. South and rely on oxygen tanks to get through the day because of pollution from wood-pellet biomass plants." #biomass @dsawsp.org
Foreign Energy Companies Have No Home in Our Forests | Opinion
Domestic air-quality policy should reduce, not worsen, pollution for the very people it is meant to protect.
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December 2, 2025 at 9:45 PM
"Children playing in their yards are struggling to breathe. The air is filled with wood dust. Residents endure asthma, bronchitis & cardiovascular disease across the U.S. South and rely on oxygen tanks to get through the day because of pollution from wood-pellet biomass plants." #biomass @dsawsp.org
“Wood-burning stoves are likely to face tighter restrictions in England under new pollution targets set as part of an updated environmental plan released by ministers on Monday.”
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Wood-burning stoves to face partial ban in Labour’s updated environment plan
Exclusive: Pollution targets set out alongside nature recovery projects to allay concerns over housebuilding
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December 1, 2025 at 7:50 AM
“Wood-burning stoves are likely to face tighter restrictions in England under new pollution targets set as part of an updated environmental plan released by ministers on Monday.”
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“Up to 55% of fine particulate matter emitted by newer logwood stoves comprises black carbon, as toxic as that emitted from diesel engines.”
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We have to talk about home heating
Up to 55% of fine particulate matter emitted by newer logwood stoves comprises black carbon, as toxic as that emitted from diesel engines
www.irishtimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:46 AM
“Up to 55% of fine particulate matter emitted by newer logwood stoves comprises black carbon, as toxic as that emitted from diesel engines.”
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A month today, Father Christmas will be busy squeezing down chimneys.
Did you know that burning wood produces benzene, formaldehyde, arsenic, mercury (& more)?
Help us protect Father C's lungs; please don't burn if you don't need to 🙏 .
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Did you know that burning wood produces benzene, formaldehyde, arsenic, mercury (& more)?
Help us protect Father C's lungs; please don't burn if you don't need to 🙏 .
www.dsawsp.org/health/wood-...
November 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
A month today, Father Christmas will be busy squeezing down chimneys.
Did you know that burning wood produces benzene, formaldehyde, arsenic, mercury (& more)?
Help us protect Father C's lungs; please don't burn if you don't need to 🙏 .
www.dsawsp.org/health/wood-...
Did you know that burning wood produces benzene, formaldehyde, arsenic, mercury (& more)?
Help us protect Father C's lungs; please don't burn if you don't need to 🙏 .
www.dsawsp.org/health/wood-...
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Shocking that a government entity would post this. To be clear, there is no currently available method to burn wood without creating air pollution.
November 22, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Shocking that a government entity would post this. To be clear, there is no currently available method to burn wood without creating air pollution.
The Welsh Government should stop promoting woodburning stoves after the Advertising Standards Authority banned misleading adverts from the stove industry, according to a veteran environmental campaigner.”
Welsh Government told to stop promoting wood burning stoves after regulator's ruling
Martin Shipton The Welsh Government should stop promoting woodburning stoves after the Advertising Standards Authority banned misleading adverts from the stove industry, according to a veteran environ...
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November 21, 2025 at 11:01 AM
The Welsh Government should stop promoting woodburning stoves after the Advertising Standards Authority banned misleading adverts from the stove industry, according to a veteran environmental campaigner.”
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Did you know that wood burning is the most polluting way to heat your home? Save the date for #CleanAirNight! To find out more visit cleanairhub.org.uk
November 20, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Did you know that wood burning is the most polluting way to heat your home? Save the date for #CleanAirNight! To find out more visit cleanairhub.org.uk
“[Wood burning] directly affects individuals in houses where burning takes place, but also neighbours and communities. From an economic perspective, these health issues cost the NHS millions every year and take up significant resources.”
Wood burning stoves and log burners ban could be brought in after health warning
The Labour Party could ban wood burners in UK homes after health experts issue warning
www.examinerlive.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 1:25 PM
“[Wood burning] directly affects individuals in houses where burning takes place, but also neighbours and communities. From an economic perspective, these health issues cost the NHS millions every year and take up significant resources.”
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Biomass Action Network Fears compromise at #COP30 and demands that the Transition away from Fossil Fuels must be to Clean Energy Sources which Keep Forests Standing. Read our press release here: environmentalpaper.org/2025/11/biom... @stand.earth @cop30brazil.bsky.social #UNFCCC
November 20, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Biomass Action Network Fears compromise at #COP30 and demands that the Transition away from Fossil Fuels must be to Clean Energy Sources which Keep Forests Standing. Read our press release here: environmentalpaper.org/2025/11/biom... @stand.earth @cop30brazil.bsky.social #UNFCCC