Personal wood smoke stories

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

We believe it’s important to convey the human side of this issue as well as the science.

What’s your wood smoke story?

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

1 Stories total.

Neighbor’s smoke envelops our home

For the past two years, my neighbor's wood stove chimney has been spewing smoke pollution…

Eyes severely affected

…I am left with an allergy to woodsmoke which has changed my life.

Officials don’t take issue seriously

There are several open fires or woodburners near me and the air often smells of smoke…

Smoke comes in through air intake

It is difficult for me to breathe in my own home…

Never imagined city air could be cleaner

His wood stove burns day and night and a heavy cloud of smoke surrounds my home.

Driven from a Hampshire market town

…It cost me tens of thousands to move…

Unhealthy retirement in Comox Valley

If we knew that the air quality was this bad we would have never moved to Comox.

Smoke in rural South Australia

…I am slowly suffocating and nobody cares…

Wood boilers in PEI

In PEI Canada, the previous Liberal government placed wood boilers beside nursing homes and schools. Where I worked as a nurse in one of these homes, some days you could smell it inside the building.

Share your story

Is your neighbor’s wood burning affecting you? We want to hear about it!

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

We ask for your name and email address so we can contact you about your story. We’ll only publish your name if you tell us to. Email addresses are never published.

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