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London Wood Burning Project
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The London Wood Burning Project has a role to play in improving public health awareness of the human health impacts of domestic wood burning and is jointly led by the London Boroughs of Camden and Islington on behalf of 20 London Boroughs.
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The @RCPhysicians has called for a UK wide public health campaign about air pollution, as their new poll shows that most British people do not know that the health harms linked to poor air quality include dementia, stroke, heart disease and poor foetal health. Read more tinyurl.com/ycyjkuk6
Text reads “In the dark about the health harms linked to poor air quality?”. The background is an empty street at night with a single streetlight that doesn’t illuminate much of the pavement.
November 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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It’s Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week this week! Barbeques, patio heaters, gas cookers, boilers, stoves and fireplaces can all produce carbon monoxide (CO). Find out more about how to protect your home and family here tinyurl.com/bd9w2p53 #CarbonMonoxideAwarenessWeek
#carbonmonoxide
#airpollution
Photograph of a carbon monoxide alarm with text that reads “Carbon monoxide awareness week. Learn how to protect your home.”
November 20, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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@hackneycouncil.bsky.social is urging residents to give up wood burning and tackle London’s air pollution. Read what Cllr Sarah Young has to say here. woodburning.london/2025/11/19/h... #woodburning
#pollution
#airpollution
#hackney
#hackneycouncil
The image has a peach background and a purple drawing of a house with a person and a cat sitting on the sofa in front of an open fireplace. The chimney of the house has a large monster made of smoke coming from the chimney and text that reads “Domestic wood burning, linked to increased risk of asthma and lung cancer. Wood burners. Careless not cosy.
November 19, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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Our air quality data collection study shows impacts of burning on indoor and outdoor pollution levels.
tinyurl.com/3rxu8f8w
The text reads “encountering a solid fuel burning smell means particulates are being inhaled”. The background is peach and there are two outline drawings of people with arrows into and out of their faces to indicate breathing in particles.
November 12, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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The Royal College of Physicians writes that around 30,000 deaths per year in the UK may be linked to air pollution, with a health and economic cost of up to £50 billion per year. Read more here. tinyurl.com/y682zyaa #pollution
#airpollution
#lifespan
Text reads “30,000 deaths per year as a result of air pollution”; the background is a photograph of a white flower on a misty background.
November 10, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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The chemicals and smoke from fireworks and bonfires could leave people fighting for breath according to @asthmaandlung.org.uk
tinyurl.com/5n799aya #cleanair
#bonfire
#bonfirenight
#airpollution
The text reads “fighting for breath on bonfire night?”. The background is a photograph of a bonfire at night with showers of sparks coming out into the sky. There are children silhouetted in the foreground.
November 5, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Pollution from open fires and wood burning stoves may damage lungs, leading to reduced lung function.
New research suggests that the small particle pollution (PM2.5) produced by burning wood can damage lungs. Read more here tinyurl.com/ytzpzkp8
#woodburning
#pollution
#airpollution
#lungfunction
Purple text reads “The link between wood burners and lung function decline”. The background is yellow and there is a blue drawing of a human torso with the bones and lungs drawn in a lighter blue.
October 24, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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Why are the wood burners clustered in our towns and cities? Recent research at UCL shows where the use of solid fuel burning is concentrated, read more here woodburning.london/2025/10/15/w...
#woodburning
#pollution
#airpollution
#woodburner
#logburner
Background is a map of London shaded darker where there is a higher concentration of wood burning for heating and lighter where there are fewer. Text reads “Where the wood burners are, mapping the locations and density of solid fuel heating. What’s your area like?”
October 15, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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There are known links between air pollution and more severe mental illness. Researchers at King’s College London are working to measure the impact of air pollution on mental health, find out more here tinyurl.com/mr355bbj
Text "air pollution impacts mental health. 10 October is world mental health day how can air quality help? Image is a graphic of a human head with particles drifting out on a peach coloured background
October 10, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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Living in a smoke control area? Make sure you know the rules and the health harms of burning solid fuels for heating. Read more here tinyurl.com/3tcsk546 #woodburning
#smokecontrol
#smokecontrolarea
#smokecontrolrules
#pollution
#airpollution
Find out all about smoke control area rules
April 22, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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As well as being a source of particulate pollution in your home and neighbourhood there are other reasons to reconsider buying a wood burning stove or open fireplace. tinyurl.com/mtvfpvkj
Peach coloured background with two cartoon picture of wood burning stoves and a hand holding green money. Text reads “Considering buying a wood burning stove?”
February 27, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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If domestic wood burning is the second biggest source of PM2.5 what are the others and what are we doing about them? Read more. tinyurl.com/mt7nsrx4 #woodburning
#particulatematter
#particulatepollution
#pollution
#airpollution
#trafficpollution
#burningpollution
#cookingpollution
Yellow background with a cartoon of car exhausts, chimney smoke and roasting chicken. Text reads “What about the other sources of PM2.5?”
February 19, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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Air pollution is strongly linked to all five of the leading causes of death in England and Wales in 2023;
* dementia and Alzheimer’s disease
* heart disease
* respiratory disease
* cerebrovascular disease
* lung and related cancers.
tinyurl.com/3krxry27
#airpollution #death #causeofdeath
February 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Our air quality data collection study shows impacts of burning on indoor and outdoor pollution levels.
tinyurl.com/3rxu8f8w
#woodburning #woodburninglondon #particulates #airpollution
February 5, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health has reiterated its concern about emissions of fine particulate matter PM2.5 caused by domestic wood burning, read why here tinyurl.com/d9judd3w #cieh
#health #environment #pollution #particulatematter
January 28, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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Wood burning in our homes is a key cause of air pollution and has significant impacts both on people’s health and the environment.
Read the domestic burning policy pathway produced by Global Action Plan. tinyurl.com/2hbr9v4x
#airpollution
#pollution
#woodburning
#health
#cleanair
January 20, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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2024 was a busy year for research and action around wood burning, with calls for the government to regulate or phase out domestic wood burning coming from healthcare professionals, scientists, campaign groups and professional bodies. Read more here tinyurl.com/4xhxj6k3
January 13, 2025 at 1:02 PM