Second Hand Smoke from Wood Burning
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Wood burning causes serious health issues and contributes significantly to particulate pollution
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Second Hand Smoke from Wood Burning
- 1. Second Hand Smoke: Wood Burning Fireplaces Protect your family Protect your community Claudia Girrbach
- 2. When my neighbors burned wood in their fireplaces, I often felt poorly after exercise
- 3. A fireplace before my research was A symbol of hearth and home Natural and benign
- 5. Dr. Joel Schwartz, Harvard School of Public Health “ Particulate pollution is the most important contaminate in our air… When particulate levels go up, people die.”
- 6. Particulate Pollution causes 30,000 deaths each year Equal to automobile fatalities
- 7. Grain of sand is 90 μ m Human Hair diameter is 70 μ m Particulate pollution is less than 2.5 μ m
- 8. Small enough to… Bypass the body’s defense mechanism Enter lungs, brain and bloodstream
- 9. Cigarettes Active for 30 sec Wood smoke Active for 20 min
- 10. Remain lodged deep within the lungs Small enough to …
- 15. Small enough to … Linger in the atmosphere for 20 days
- 16. Small enough to travel great distances
- 17. Small enough to… Penetrate closed doors and windows
- 18. Indoor air pollution is 50 – 70% of outdoor pollution
- 19. Indoor air pollution is Equivalent to living with a smoker
- 20. Wood smoke during the winter months Contributes 50% of particulate pollution Greater than cars and industry combined
- 21. Per hour output of particulate pollution 800 Fireplaces = 1 coal fired power plant 500,000 active fireplaces in SF Bay Area Equivalent of 625 coal fired power plants
- 22. SF Bay Area Particulate Pollution For each fire Nearly ½ pound On a single winter night 11 tons
- 30. 16% burn wood 100% affected T here is no where for her to hide We all share the air
- 31. Education and regulation change behavior. Seat Belt Law Seat Belt Usage No Law 10 - 20% With Law 45 – 77% 200 to 300% improvement
- 32. Dr. Joel Schwartz, Harvard School of Public Health “ When particulate levels go up, people die.” Corollary When particulate levels go down, people live longer and healthier lives.