Localized harm

Personal wood smoke stories

Smoke pours out of the chimney of a yellow house next to some trees.

Real people experience real harm and a reduced quality of life due to wood smoke pollution.

If you are affected by someone else’s wood burning, you are not alone.

How is wood smoke affecting you?

Neighbors of wood burners have shared the following stories with us. Use the form below to share your own wood smoke story.

1 Stories total.

Reconsidering wood burning

Two years ago we replaced [our wood burner] with a more modern, easy to use and, we thought, more eco friendly one.

Forced out of home by wood-burning restaurants

The smoke fumes were terrible…We were forced to eventually sell up and move AGAIN…

Misery in Herefordshire

We are both constantly suffering from asthma and chest infections that never clear up.

Wood smoke affects every area of life

We smell smoke at night in our house, even though we block off the stove fan vent, windows with plastic…

Tree cutting business burning refuse

When the wind is right, the air is absolutely toxic.

Suffocating fumes from “smokeless fuel”

My story does not involve wood smoke, but fumes from the burning of a so called smokeless fuel.

Surrounded and sickened

Even when I am in the house I experience the symptoms because the smoke penetrates the house…

Where are the authorities?

How can this be allowed when we know it is so bad for our health and wellbeing.

We were made so sick

There was so much stress and angst with the neighbour with the chimney near our bedroom window…

Tell your story

Does your neighbor’s wood burning affect you? We want to hear about it!  

Sharing your wood smoke story helps to increase awareness of the problem.

We only ask for your name and email address so we can contact you about your story. We don’t use this information for any other purpose.

We’ll only publish your (first) name if you tell us to. Email addresses are never published.

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