EPA tips for a clean and healthy season from wood burning in New England

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02/23/2018

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Marmot has come and gone, but New England cold air of the season will last for several weeks. Many of us try to reduce the burning of wood, cost reduction and renewable energy source high heating costs.

Despite the positive impact on our portfolio and aesthetic pleasure, a fire to have in the home, it's (also known as hydronic heaters) a less desirable compromise in connection with the use of fireplaces, stoves, boilers or outdoors. Veterans wood stoves are inefficient and certified by EPA or sources generally more air pollutants emitting wood stoves, oil or natural gas burning. Below are some tips to Wood, you can burn wood safely and efficiently to ensure while protecting the health of his family and neighbors and reduce the risk of a chimney fire.

Wood smoke contains a mixture of fine particles and toxic gases that can harm your health. Penalties for pollution are to breathe unhealthy indoors or outdoors, especially for children, the elderly and people with heart disease, lung disease or asthma. Exposure to wood smoke increased susceptibility to respiratory infections in people with heart disease, has been connected to heart attack, cardiac arrhythmias, heart failure and stroke.

EPA has advice for homeowners in New England who heat their homes with wood stoves:

• If you have a wood stove more to a heater EPO (pellets or wood stove, fireplace or hot water heaters) or gas heating should update certificate.
• Split and soft outdoor season for at least 6 months and wood for 12 months before shooting. In order to prevent poor combustion, keep firewood dry, ideally in a woodshed.
• Never burn painted or pressure treated wood, driftwood in the sea, with wood glue (such as wood), household wastes, waste plastics, cardboard or foam. These toxic products emit smoke when burned.
• If you have a certificate your wood stove or fireplace professional annual service.
• There is only risk of fire with newspaper and dry kindling.
• Do not let the fire burn.
• Make sure that your home is to reduce isolation and sealing strip, appropriately requires its heating.

Newer EPA-certified wood stove, and following the above tips, you can ensure that your home is heated efficiently, and intends to made the risk of disclosure of your family and neighbors to reduce harmful air pollution.

Further information:

EPA information on the computer of the cleanest wood; good combustion practice; and have taken other actions that EPA, state and local governments to reduce emissions wood heating: www.epa.gov/burnwise

useful research EPA action on air pollution and heart health heart healthy on our website: www.epa.gov/air-research/healthy-heart-toolkit-and-research

Alexandra Dunn, regional administrator
Environmental Protection Agency of the United States, New England

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