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.

Pizza restaurant smokes out home

Our lives and health are no match for the money-making business of wood-fired pizza…

Panic and coughing

…I have 3 neighbors that burn wood and other items in outdoor furnaces and indoor wood stoves…

Air quality deteriorating in a smoke control area

More and more of my neighbours are opening up fires and installing log burners…

Suffering in a smoke control area

The very large house behind me often has four wood-burning stoves going at any one time, all day every day…

Fire pit smokes out house

…My neighbors insist upon having fires constantly. My home completely fills with smoke…

At a great loss I moved

I have significant heart disease and cannot believe there aren’t more laws to protect people from this pollution…

A “nightmare” in Victoria, Australia

…their chimney is at my eye level about 15 feet off my verandah, living room and bedroom…

Apartment smells like smoke

His wood burning makes our entire apartment smell like smoke even when all of the windows and doors are closed…

Forced to leave Dundas, Ontario

…a close neighbor started outdoor burns in his backyard using a vintage wood stove with an attached, homemade 4.5' smokestack…

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.

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