Read our guidance on how to respond to DEFRA’s wood burning consultation - deadline 19th March. This is a critical moment to get your voice heard by the government.

As public health officials warn about rising emissions from urban wood burning, a BMJ investigation finds that just under a third of councils in high use areas have faced pressure from the stove indus...

At least eight councils receive legal threats alleging flyers criticising wood burners are in breach of advertising codes

Read our guidance on how to respond to DEFRA’s wood burning consultation - deadline 19th March. This is a critical moment to get your voice heard by the government.

Fixing that hole could have cost under £100; the cost of not doing so is limitless. My prang highlights the neoliberal folly of false economies, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Wood burners have been linked to a serious decline in lung function in a major new study

For decades, lung cancer has been viewed as a disease of older men who smoked. Now, cases among young women are on the rise and doctors are baffled. Could air pollution be behind it?

Wood burning in our homes is a key cause of air pollution and has significant impacts both on people’s health and the environment. We outline five critical problems which currently act as barriers to ...

Over 1.2 million people with lung conditions in the Netherlands are affected by poor air quality, mainly caused by household wood stoves, barbecues, and fire pits, the Dutch Lung Foundation (Longfonds...

As Europe and the United States look to cut their carbon emissions, the biomass industry wants us to pretend that logging forests in the American South could help.

Sky News host Paul Murray discusses how taxpayer-funded media has found wood heater pollution as a "silent killer" in Australia. “Today, taxpayer media have finally found the big killer, the big danger, the thing we must do to save lives here at home and change the climate globally, and it is the fireplace at your joint,” Mr Murray said. “Yes, I am talking to you, right now if you are currently warming in an Australian winter with wood, either behind the glass, in the heater or in a beautiful fireplace where you can hear the crackle, well, guess what, my friends, you are part of the problem.”

Air pollution is now the second leading risk factor for death ahead of tobacco and poor diet globally; in the UK we see some of the worst childhood asthma rates in Europe: the need for the health…

The Government's decision to permit wood-burning stoves in new builds contradicts growing evidence about the harmful effects these stoves have on public health and the environment.

Air pollution knows no borders -- even in your own body, says public health expert María Neira. In this startling talk, she describes how the microscopic particles and chemicals you breathe affect all...

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The professional body representing environmental health professionals has shared its disappointment at reports that wood-burning stoves are set to be allowed to heat new-build homes in England. A lett...

A comment from a wood burning stove installer on twitter.

New report by CE Delft investigating the health-related costs to society of outdoor air pollution caused by residential heating and cooking.

A comment from a wood burning stove installer on twitter.

In a letter to the Minister for Housing and Planning, the UK Health Alliance on Climate Change has called for a reversal of a decision to allow wood burning stoves in new builds

The UK Health Alliance on Climate Change (UKHACC) have responded to the recent revelation that wood stoves will not be banned under the Future Homes Standard, writing to Matthew Pennycook MP, the…

Asthma + Lung UK Cymru are calling  on the Welsh Government to address the issue of domestic wood burning in the country, after finding that many people are not aware that it poses a health risk. The ...

A bibliography of research studies, reports, articles and other reference sources relating to wood smoke pollution, organized by content order on our website.

The devices, which have become a popular fixture in middle class homes, are said to be one of the main drivers of harmful air pollutants in UK cities.

I've been blue-lighted to hospital 20 times in 4 years.

Wood burning in our homes is a key cause of air pollution and has significant impacts both on people’s health and the environment. We outline five critical problems which currently act as barriers to ...