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@KathrynPorter26 @JillBelch And pollutes the air your neighbours breathe. uk-air.defra.gov.uk/assets/documen…

@JillBelch And I will never give mine up because it keeps me warm and increases my mental wellbeing

Ultrafine particles are so small they enter the bloodstream & go everywhere. So dangerous. Wood stoves release them. Also UFPs can cause oxidative stress in skin & contribute to premature ageing & worsening of eczema. #AirPollution

@ydb8 @JillBelch There's a big difference between surviving and being healthy. Humans have been harmed by wood smoke pollution since we discovered fire. doi.org/10.1007/s10653…

@JillBelch Humans have been surviving smoke filled dwellings for a million years, In australia we have BIG bushfires that spread smoke over millions of sq kilometres including our major cities. Smoke is here to stay, adapt or get used to it.

@Joewoodhead74 @PatrickjaLee Your opinion isn't based on evidence. The latest stoves burning the correct wood, are more polluting than gas boilers for PM2.5 pollution. And many other pollutants. This is data from DEFRA. Ready To Burn is Dry & Seasoned wood. chronicillnesschannel.co.uk/uk-air-polluti…

The pollution comes from the burning of wet and unseasoned wood. The government brought a ban in but can’t be bothered to police it. They also made the sales of wet wood legal as long as they sold 2m3 or more. Don’t blame wood burners, blame the illegal sellers and the incompetent government.

🔥Only two more days to complete the Govt's consultation on wood burning! 📢The consultation is a rare opportunity to call on the Govt to reduce pollution from burning. gov.uk/government/con…

@CharnwoodStoves @PatrickjaLee Great strawman argument you've made there. Nobody is saying the MODERN wood-burning stoves are causing 2,500 deaths. It's ALL wood burning. Distorting the facts again. Like you always do. @ChronicIllnessChannel/the-stove-industry-association-and-its-members-are-misleading-the-public-again-4dfed8300b87" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@ChronicIllnes…

@PatrickjaLee Please don’t sensationalise. There’s another side to the 2,500 deaths story charnwood.com/news/no-modern…

@CharnwoodStoves Charnwood don't actually support cleaner air, because they lie about the emissions data. There's no such thing as clean-burn. As shown in the recent ASA upheld complaint against the Stove Industry Association. asa.org.uk/rulings/stove-… @ChronicIllnessChannel/the-stove-industry-association-and-its-members-are-misleading-the-public-again-4dfed8300b87" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@ChronicIllnes…

Have your say on the DEFRA Solid Fuel Consultation by Thurs 19 March. We support cleaner air & modern wood stoves (upto 90% lower PMs than old fires), but urge fair testing, realistic timelines & no barriers to clean-burn innovation or UK manufacturing consult.defra.gov.uk/domestic-burni…

@PatrickjaLee Yep. It's not “setting the record straight”. It is selective data, sales talk, and reputation management. Cleaner than an open fire does not mean clean. 1 of many lies is that domestic combustion emission reductions are due to modern stoves. Nope! @ChronicIllnessChannel/the-stove-industry-association-and-its-members-are-misleading-the-public-again-4dfed8300b87" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@ChronicIllnes…

Almost everything in this article by Charnwood Stoves is incorrect. It's either intentionally designed to mislead people or it's just ignorant, but either way it's not true. That means people who sell these products are not being honest about how those products harm people.

Wood burning produces 20% of the UK's most dangerous air pollution - comparable to road transport. Yet only 1% of households rely on it as their main heating. Today we submitted our response to Defra's consultation, which you can read here: heyzine.com/flip-book/4181…

@CharnwoodStoves @bmj_latest @rebeccacoombes @KamranAbbasi Another very misleading article from Charnwood. It's not “setting the record straight”. It is selective data, sales talk, and reputation management. Cleaner than an open fire does not mean clean. Emission reductions are not due to modern stoves. @ChronicIllnessChannel/the-stove-industry-association-and-its-members-are-misleading-the-public-again-4dfed8300b87" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@ChronicIllnes…

@CharnwoodStoves @bmj_latest @rebeccacoombes @KamranAbbasi @ImpUrbanHealth That is a weak deflection. A public health charity funding research into air pollution is not equivalent to a stove manufacturer defending its market. One is trying to reduce harm. The other is trying to protect sales. The science is clear. Wood burning pollution is harmful.

@bmj_latest @rebeccacoombes @KamranAbbasi "Research should not only be independent of vested interests but must also be seen to be so." Does that include The BMJ investigations that are 'Funded with support from (Anti-woodburning activist NGO) Impact on Urban Health' ? @ImpUrbanHealth

What are the health effects of wood burning stoves? @rebeccacoombes and @KamranAbbasi discuss the new BMJ investigation that probes the toxic traces wood burners spread over communities

@bmj_latest @rebeccacoombes @KamranAbbasi Just for context ... charnwood.com/news/setting-t…

"What stood out to us was the suggestion of legal action." @rebeccacoombes and @KamranAbbasi discuss the new BMJ investigation into strategies used by the stove industry to shut down clean air campaigns

We don’t have a shortage of resources. We have a distribution problem. Universal Basic Income isn’t just about poverty—it’s about giving all citizens a dividend on the collective progress of our society that's grown over generations. It’s time we all get a % share of the economy.

@willow_peck @pash22 @bmj_latest Stove Industry are still worse, because their lies downplay the health risks. Excessive noise isn't good, but it doesn't give you lung cancer. See recent ASA complaint that was upheld. asa.org.uk/rulings/stove-… I wrote this article. @ChronicIllnessChannel/the-stove-industry-association-and-its-members-are-misleading-the-public-again-4dfed8300b87" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@ChronicIllnes…

@JFinchSaunders @NbrsVsWoodSmoke Information is key. Here's some for you. A modern stove fitted correctly and using the correct fuel gives out lower levels of SOME pollutants, but for other pollutants the levels are HIGHER. chronicillnesschannel.co.uk/uk-air-polluti…

@NbrsVsWoodSmoke If it is the correct fire and fitted correctly with a Hetas certificate, they give out some of the lowest levels of air pollutant particles. Information is key

The depths to which this despicable industry will sink really knows no bounds! Their profits always come before public health. Unbelievable! medicalxpress.com/news/2026-03-c…