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Ellen Golla

@woodsmokestinks.bsky.social
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Air quality advocate focused on #WoodSmokePollution. Former caregiver. Occasional other random things.

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Ellen Golla @woodsmokestinks.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
“As the public monitoring system has weakened, communities have increasingly turned to an alternative: low-cost sensors they can use themselves. But… industry is moving to restrict that option, too.”
grist.org
America’s air monitors are disappearing. So is your power to expose polluters.
Across several states, a quiet chemical industry campaign is making it harder to hold polluters accountable.
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Ellen Golla @woodsmokestinks.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
“The claim that human health is ‘protected’ by intentional burns is dangerous mythology.“
sltrib.com
Voices: Federal wildfire plans are bad for Utah
“Passing FOFA and rescinding the roadless rule will degrade and destroy public lands, harm public health, aggravate the climate crisis and ironically increase the risk of embers and flames spreading,”...
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Doctors and Scientists Against Wood Smoke Pollution @dsawsp.org · 01/09/2026
It’s time to recognize this problem for what it is.
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Ellen Golla @woodsmokestinks.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
As in so many places.
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Doctors and Scientists Against Wood Smoke Pollution @dsawsp.org · 14/08/2026
This opinion piece makes an excellent case against backyard recreational burning. “This is about the human right to a healthful environment.” www.allotsego.com/the-partial-...
A fire pit with a screenshot of an article title on top that says All Otsego, The Partial Observer by Jessie Ravage: An objection to recreational wood burning fire pits in Cooperstown.
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Doctors and Scientists Against Wood Smoke Pollution @dsawsp.org · 01/08/2026
Great article about residential wood burning and wood smoke pollution by a Canadian journalist whose focus is on sustainability. (With an included kind mention of DSAWSP.)
torontosun.com
Where there's smoke, there's a health hazard for homeowners
Woodburning is a major source of harmful pollution in many communities, yet there is critical lack of awareness about this serious health and environmental issue.
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Ellen Golla @woodsmokestinks.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
“Air pollution does not always arrive as an orange sky or the smell of a distant forest fire. It can come from traffic, industry, cooking, a neighbor’s woodstove, or the fire pit burning a few backyards away. Its concentration can change from town to town, block to block, and room to room.”
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Ellen Golla @woodsmokestinks.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Of course it’s the caregiving. It takes an indescribable toll, physically and mentally.
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Doctors and Scientists Against Wood Smoke Pollution @dsawsp.org · 14/07/2026
If you are affected by someone else’s wood burning, you are not alone. This problem is widespread, and it is often severe for those experiencing it.
dsawsp.org
Personal wood smoke stories
Personal stories from neighbors of wood-burning households describing how wood smoke pollution has affected their lives.
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Families for Clean Air @healthyair.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Still shaking head at EPA comment in this story: www.yahoo.com/news/weather...
yahoo.com
Trump's fireworks made Washington world's most polluted city
Washington was briefly the most polluted major city in the world, according to IQAir data, after a massive Independence Day fireworks show touted by the Trump administration as "awesome."And according...
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Families for Clean Air @healthyair.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
New post from Dr. Brian Moench: www.counterpunch.org/2026/07/02/a...
counterpunch.org
Adding Fuel to the Fire: The Forest Service’s Fuel Reduction Strategy
Most of the West’s perennial wildfire plague is due to human stupidity. But it’s not just the careless people who start the fires, it’s also all the
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Ellen Golla @woodsmokestinks.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
“…small fuel reductions, whether from logging or prescribed burns, cannot and do not stop large-scale wildfires. High winds simply blow embers over, around, and through any fuel treatments.”
open.substack.com
Another Example of Media Misinformation About Native American Burning and Wildfires
Janet Eastman, Oregonian, Portland, OR
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Dave Peterson (He/Him) Ⓥ 🇨🇦 @fedupwithbadair.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
iceds.anu.edu.au/news-events/...
iceds.anu.edu.au
In 1939, a Royal Commission found burning forests leads to more bushfires. But this cycle of destruction can be stopped
Every year, government workers around Australia start fires in the bush. The idea behind these prescribed burning programs is that removing dry leaves and branches reduces the chance of bigger, more d...
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Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment @utahphysicians.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Opposition to large AI data centers is growing across the country & across the political spectrum. Dr. Brian Moench, President of Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment (UPHE), explains why Utah is part of a growing national movement demanding more responsible policies & greater accountability.
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Doctors and Scientists Against Wood Smoke Pollution @dsawsp.org · 15/05/2026
A study released last month found that wood heating emits lead into the air of local communities and homes. “The use of wood as an energy source is a relic of the past, one that should not be relived if given a choice.” By @drgaryfuller.bsky.social:
theguardian.com
Wood burning is reintroducing lead pollution into the air, US scientists find
Study of samples from seven winters suggests neurotoxic metal coming from wood itself rather than old paint
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Doctors and Scientists Against Wood Smoke Pollution @dsawsp.org · 14/05/2026
“The BMJ’s findings are a warning, not just for England but for Europe. When industry funds its own research and selectively presents the results, people lose access to accurate information about risks that affect their health every day.”
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Families for Clean Air @healthyair.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
lloydalter.substack.com/p/ultrafine-...?
lloydalter.substack.com
Ultrafine particles are killing us, and they are being grossly undercounted (If they are counted at all)
It turns out that we may have been measuring them all wrong.
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Families for Clean Air @healthyair.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
missoulacurrent.com/forest-servi...
missoulacurrent.com
Viewpoint: Forest Service burns pollute residents with smoke
Polly Pfister writes, It's time to put a stop to the Forest Service's reckless burning of our forests and stop them from continually choking us to death with their polluting smoke.
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Sonoma County Climate Activist Network (SoCoCAN!) @sococan.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=il75...
youtube.com
The Secret Plan to Cover the World in Herbicide
YouTube video by Mother Jones
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Families for Clean Air @healthyair.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
We’ve now entered a phase where we’re not just using tax money to subsidize dirty energy—we’re using it to thwart clean energy: apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com
Trump administration to pay 2 more companies to walk away from US offshore wind leases
The Trump administration has announced two more payouts for energy companies to walk away from U.S. offshore wind projects under development.
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Doctors for The Environment Australia @docsenvaus.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
DEA’s Dr Carolyn Orr, along with Carole Peters and David Lindenmayer speak to the detrimental health and environmental impacts of prescribed burns in this article for ‘The Post’. 🔗 Read the article online here (Page 7): issuu.com/postnews/doc...
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Doctors and Scientists Against Wood Smoke Pollution @dsawsp.org · 18/04/2026
“Air pollution is causing people in the UK to get chronic illnesses like dementia and Parkinson’s earlier, a new study has found.” www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
independent.co.uk
Why air pollution could speed up the onset of dementia and Parkinson’s
The study analysed the data of 396,000 UK citizens between the ages of 39 and 70 as part of the UK Biobank
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Ellen Golla @woodsmokestinks.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
They never care about the people next door.
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Families for Clean Air @healthyair.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
observatoireprevention.org/en/2026/01/0...
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Residential wood burning: A major cause of air pollution | Observatoire de la prévention de l'Institut de Cardiologie de Montréal
In Quebec, an estimated 1,400 premature deaths are caused each year by air pollution linked to wood fires.
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Ellen Golla @woodsmokestinks.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
“Trump’s pullout from WHO bars federal scientists from working with the International Agency for Research on Cancer and could slash its funding.”
science.org
United States is cutting ties with influential global cancer agency
Trump’s pullout from WHO bars federal scientists from working with the International Agency for Research on Cancer and could slash its funding
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Air Quality News @air-quality-news.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
'Black Rain' falls on Iran as oil fires trigger health crisis A thick, toxic cloud hangs over Tehran following airstrikes on Iranian oil facilities. Residents report ‘unbreathable’ air, widespread illness and black, oily rain. airqualitynews.com/headlines/bl...
airqualitynews.com
‘Black Rain’ falls on Iran as oil fires trigger health crisis
A thick, toxic cloud hangs over Tehran following US and Israeli airstrikes on Iranian oil facilities, with residents reporting ‘unbreathable’ air, widespread illness and black, oily rain that experts ...
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Families for Clean Air @healthyair.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
“I’m shocked. I’ve actually never heard of anything like this - industry lobbying public health servants to ignore a serious public health issue and go against medical advice...” airqualitynews.com/headlines/co...
airqualitynews.com
Councils threatened with legal action over clean air campaigns
Councils across England are being threatened with legal action by the stove industry for running public health campaigns warning about the dangers of wood burning, a BMJ investigation has found. Freed...
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Doctors and Scientists Against Wood Smoke Pollution @dsawsp.org · 24/01/2026
Professor Sir Stephen Holgate writes for the Royal College of Physicians: “…one of the UK’s most damaging sources of air pollution comes from our own homes… ” www.linkedin.com/pulse/clean-...
linkedin.com
Clean Air Night should mark the moment we finally act on the hidden harms of wood burning
Professor Sir Stephen Holgate, special adviser on air quality at the Royal College of Physicians Clean Air Night invites us to reflect on something most of us take for granted: the air we breathe. Thi...
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Doctors and Scientists Against Wood Smoke Pollution @dsawsp.org · 22/01/2026
This #CleanAirNight, a reminder that wood smoke isn’t a “nuisance”—it’s a serious public health issue.
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Families for Clean Air @healthyair.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
motherjones.com
In the eyes of Trump’s EPA, human health is now literally worthless
How the agency’s new math favors polluters over people.
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Doctors and Scientists Against Wood Smoke Pollution @dsawsp.org · 02/01/2026
It’s worth repeating: “Clean burning” is a myth.
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Graham Kendall @grahamkendall.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
How to Spot AI Hallucinations Like a Reference Librarian cardcatalogforlife.substack.com/p/how-to-spo...
cardcatalogforlife.substack.com
How to Spot AI Hallucinations Like a Reference Librarian
The verification tricks that would make fact-checkers weep with joy.
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Doctors and Scientists Against Wood Smoke Pollution @dsawsp.org · 22/12/2025
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.” www.dsawsp.org/personal-sto...
dsawsp.org
Suffocating fumes from “smokeless fuel”
A neighbour burning “smokeless fuel” is creating misery for a UK resident.
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Families for Clean Air @healthyair.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
So now garbage burning is considered carbon neutral…? news.mongabay.com/2025/12/boom...
news.mongabay.com
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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Ellen Golla @woodsmokestinks.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Much more awareness than in the US, too.
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Families for Clean Air @healthyair.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
A sobering weekend read... www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
politico.com
Pollution from coal plants was dropping. Then came Trump and AI.
Data centers’ hunger for electricity is prompting some states to keep their coal-burning power plants from closing — while DC relaxes air pollution limits.
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CybersecuriTea Newsletter @cybersecuritea.com · 26/11/2025
If your gadgets are talking behind your back, they should at least tell you who they're talking to. "Smart" doesn't necessarily mean safe. A privacy check or two never hurts.
cybersecuritea.com
The Naughty List: Why Most “Smart” Gifts Deserve Coal This Year
Your smart home gadgets might be spilling more secrets than your group chat. Learn how you can protect your privacy and keep your home secure this season.
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Families for Clean Air @healthyair.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
www.rcp.ac.uk/news-and-med...
rcp.ac.uk
Public unaware of the health harms of air pollution, warns Royal College of Physicians
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Ellen Golla @woodsmokestinks.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
“…Guess which metric the hackers care about.…” cybersecuritea.com/p/how-tech-l...
cybersecuritea.com
When the Firewall Falls: How Tech Layoffs Quietly Make Us All Less Safe
Tech layoffs don’t just hurt workers, they make the tech we rely on shakier. Here’s how those cuts ripple down to your data.
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Families for Clean Air @healthyair.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Another responsible wood burner…
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CybersecuriTea Newsletter @cybersecuritea.com · 11/11/2025
Holiday scams are on the rise. Learn how you can avoid the fake charities, sketchy 'bank' calls, and gift card traps without losing your festive spirit. Our latest CybersecuriTea issue covers simple ways to help your family stay secure this season. Read here:...
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Doctors and Scientists Against Wood Smoke Pollution @dsawsp.org · 07/11/2025
A group of public health experts in Denmark have recommended banning residential wood burning.
dsawsp.org
Wood burning ban recommended in Denmark
A group of public health experts have recommended banning residential wood burning in Denmark.
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Ellen Golla @woodsmokestinks.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Where I live, timber industry slash burning is something the media celebrates… ☹️
lostcoastoutpost.com
SMOKE ALL OVER! The Forestry Companies are Doing Prescribed Burns in the North and in the South This Week
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Families for Clean Air @healthyair.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
New on our site: The Wood Stove Industry Tried to Silence a Health Campaign — and Lost www.familiesforcleanair.org/the-wood-sto...
familiesforcleanair.org
The Wood Stove Industry Tried to Silence a Health Campaign — and Lost
The Dutch wood stove industry tried to stop a public awareness campaign against wood burning by filing complaints with the country’s advertising regulator.
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Families for Clean Air @healthyair.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Wow… if only everyone would take Abby’s advice www.cleveland.com/advice/2025/...
cleveland.com
Dear Abby: Neighbor says fireplace is ruining her health, homeowner unsure what to do
In today’s Dear Abby, a homeowner says a neighbor with breathing problems has asked them to stop using their wood-burning fireplace, threatening their friendship if they don’t
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Families for Clean Air @healthyair.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
British Medical Journal on domestic wood burning: www.bmj.com/content/391/...
bmj.com
Domestic wood burners kill thousands and cost NHS millions a year, report suggests
Burning of wood and coal in homes contributes to almost 2500 deaths a year, and stopping unnecessary burning would save the NHS millions of pounds, a report suggests. An analysis by the charity Globa...
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Fiona Harvey @fionaharvey.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Important story on the horrors of #woodburning by my excellent colleague @dpcarrington.bsky.social a must-read and must-follow: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
Wood burners linked to 2,500 deaths a year in the UK, analysis finds
Use of wood-burning stoves and fires in homes is mostly unnecessary and their toxic pollution costs the NHS millions
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Doctors and Scientists Against Wood Smoke Pollution @dsawsp.org · 18/10/2025
“…although extreme concentrations of PM2.5 and smoky skies get a lot of attention, more harm is done at the lower concentrations that occur more often.” You don’t have to see smoke to be harmed by it. www.cbc.ca/radio/whaton...
cbc.ca
This B.C. mother is honouring her son's life by teaching kids about air quality | CBC News
Carter Vigh, 9, died in 2023 after an asthma attack that was made worse by wildfire smoke. His mother. Amber, and the B.C. Lung Foundation collaborated through the Carter’s Project initiative to teach...
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CybersecuriTea Newsletter @cybersecuritea.com · 16/10/2025
A Facebook group conversation about privacy turned into a doxxing threat, and a real-world reminder of why digital safety plans matter.
cybersecuritea.com
That Escalated Quickly
What happens when online drama gets personal? A real story about doxxing, digital safety, and staying calm when the internet gets weird.
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