Community campaign to reduce residential wood smoke pollution and others forms of air pollution.
Australia
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Most of us live right next door to each other. Only 5% of Vic households use wood heaters but they impact the other 95%. Just one smoking chimney would pollute this whole street. @LilyDAmbrosioMP @DELWP_Vic @MartinFoleyMP @MelinaBathMP @CesarMelhem @CliffordHayesMP @TerpsMLC
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In a TV news segment about lung cancer: “In patients that have a history of wood burning, wood-burning stoves, or things used to heat, any smoke exposure—not just smoking, but smoke exposure in general—that’s a risk factor,” Dr. Phillips [a pulmonologist] explained. (Link below.)
ALT A screenshot from a news story. Text says “Ask the Expert: The importance of lung cancer screenings.” To the right of it is a capture from the video that shows a lit wood stove.
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City Hall has triggered a high air pollution alert for Tuesday 12 August as hot weather is expected to increase pollutant levels.
We're urging Londoners to look after themselves, stop their engines idling, and refrain from burning wood or garden waste.
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We don’t appear to have learned anything though!
The Great Smog of London made the British act on air pollution. Experts say the case holds lessons for Tasmania - ABC News abc.net.au/news/2025-08-11/a…
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Smelt smoke in Brunswick this morning and then I read this. Fine smoke particles are absorbed into the bloodstream, increasing risk of cardiovascular disease. We don't need wood heaters in inner city renovations.
abc.net.au/news/science/2025… – at Melbourne, Victoria
A ‘low emissions’ wood heater is like a ‘low emissions’ cigarette. We don’t need an ‘upgrade’ of wood heaters we need a phaseout. Stop the greenwashing and protect public health @JamesPurtill @Steve_Dimo @JacintaAllanMP #cleanair #woodsmoke
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Modern certified woodstoves were supposed to be clean-burning but in the UK they have helped create a new pollution problem
#AirPollution #WoodBurning #Health #Environment
familiesforcleanair.org/mode…
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We hear from many Canberrans whose health and quality of life have been destroyed by neighbours’ wood heaters. They should be phased out as soon as possible. @AsthmaAustralia @CancerCouncilOz @EnvComm_ACT
Wood heaters are estimated to be responsible for more pollution-related deaths than all the cars on our roads.
This national map shows which areas are affected the most.
abc.net.au/news/science/2025…
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How wood smoke is hurting our health - ABC listen
abc.net.au/listen/programs/a…
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Wood heaters are estimated to be responsible for more pollution-related deaths than all the cars on our roads.
This national map shows which areas are affected the most.
abc.net.au/news/science/2025…
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@CityofDarebin
@JacintaAllanMP
@MaryAnneThomas
The ignorance that persists re the significant human & enviro health hazards of burning wood is disheartening. Also - we won't achieve the carbon reduction levels we're aiming for whilst govt. ignores domestic wood burning.
Long-term exposure to wood heater smoke causes more premature deaths in Australia each year than emissions from road traffic, energy generation, or “even bushfires.”
#AirQuality #WoodSmokePollution
abc.net.au/news/science/2025…
Are you listening @springstreet @Steve_Dimo @PennySharpemlc @NickDuigan @DEECA_Vic @SuzanneOrrMLA wood heater smoke is killing over 700 people a year (far more than emissions from vehicles, energy generation and bushfires) abc.net.au/news/science/2025…
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Nightlife Health - How Safe is the Log Fire? abc.net.au/listen/programs/n… via @ABCaustralia
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"We live in a society in which those who heat with wood, grill with charcoal, or light a fire bowl for fun have the right to harm the health of everyone around them - and authorities who should offer protection look the other way" 🤬
Wir leben in einer Gesellschaft, in der diejenigen, die mit Holz heizen, mit Holzkohle grillen o. zum Spass die Feuerschale anwerfen das Recht haben, allen in ihrer Umgebung gesundheitlich zu schaden - & Behörden,die Schutz bieten sollten, wegschauen
#holzofengate @BAG_OFSP_UFSP
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Engineered stone products have been banned in Australia because 350 people develop silicosis per year, yet despite wood heaters killing over twice that many (at a conservative estimate), Australian state and territory governments have failed to act to phase out wood heaters.
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Sad to see that @Steve_Dimo has lost touch with his @DEECA_Vic portfolio and his responsibility to protect Victorians from preventable #AirPollution
> 4 years now since @VicGovAu identified domestic #woodburning as a priority problem- & he’s posing next to a #fire
@VicGovEPA
Domestic wood heaters contribute to the deaths of 100’s of Victorians every year.
After 3 years, @VicGovAu still has not responded to the findings of its own inquiry into the #health impacts of #AirPollution.
@Steve_Dimo & @JacintaAllanMP, where are you?
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@Steve_Dimo @JacintaAllanMP @VictorianLabor #AirPollution #CleanAir #AirQuality #springst #woodburning @DEECA_Vic @DocsEnvAus
“Looking at this image it's easy to see why in the last twenty years the Victorian government has produced no effective policy or practice changes to reduce wood smoke pollution…” c4cleanair.net.au/post/just-…
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Wood smoke is the next main secondhand smoke.
@BAG_OFSP_UFSP @DrMariaNeira #holzofengate #lungcancer
NIH study links particulate air pollution to increased mutations in lung cancers among nonsmokers
Whole-genome sequencing study found air pollution to cause more cancer-related changes than secondhand smoke. nih.gov/news-events/news-rel…
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Unfortunately - it is not uncommon to see flues sitting adjacent to & only a few metres away from next-door's windows. How is this still being allowed? @CityofDarebin, @JacintaAllanMP, @VicGovDH.
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Sad to see that @Steve_Dimo has lost touch with his @DEECA_Vic portfolio and his responsibility to protect Victorians from preventable #AirPollution
> 4 years now since @VicGovAu identified domestic #woodburning as a priority problem- & he’s posing next to a #fire
@VicGovEPA