Wood-burning stoves raise new concerns

A new investigative report about wood smoke pollution in the digital magazine Undark features quotes from an interview with our board chair, Dr. Brian Moench.

The investigative report covers the toll wood smoke takes on neighbors, along with some of the growing health and environmental justice concerns about wood smoke pollution and the failures of current regulatory approaches to wood stoves.

The article is available at: https://undark.org/2022/03/02/wood-burning-stoves-raise-new-health-concerns/

“The important thing to understand about wood smoke is it’s probably the most toxic type of pollution that the average person ever inhales,” says Dr. Moench.