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Wet wood on inefficient stoves - a poisonous combination

Try not to buy wet wood and smoky coal

11-Oct-2018

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Burning wet wood on inefficient stoves leads to poisoning themselves and their neighbours.

Domestic wood and coal fires make to the UK’s air pollution crisis.

Releases the most dangerous pollutant: particulate matter: tiny particles that penetrate deep into the body.

Generates 40% of total PM2.5 – the smallest and most dangerous particulate.

Requests government to ban the sale of wet wood and smoky coal in England soon.

Study by Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR).

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Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR)

UK's leading progressive thinktank.

Joshua Emden

Research Fellow at the IPPR in the Energy, Climate, Housing and Infrastructure team.

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