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Should we tolerate unhealthy firewood smoke ?

Do we have the right to breath normal ambient air free of firewood smoke coming from neighbors ?

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As long as one doesnt bother anyone, all is well.. If any person is bothered by firewood smoke by a neighbor who uses firewood on a daily basis.. This is a health issue that should not be ignored any longer.. I have nothing against firewood smoke as long as nobody is bothered by it... I believe that one has a right to breath normal ambient air free of chonic if not acute obstruction against lung function .. It can get really irritant often .. it depends on the individual's tolerance.. Even if one can tolerate, he can still protest because of apparent health threat associated with firewood smoke.. Our chimneys has no pollution controls at all. EPA has been focused on industrial emissions but it is about time that EPA begin focuusing on neighborhood emissons.. They are serious enough to begin exploring on new mandates for air pollution controls on anyone who elect to use firewood or just outlawing it outright.. I know that EPA has begun working on firewood smoke issues and I have r

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  • 10 years ago
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    Here's an idea: We should put anyone who uses a fire to keep warm in prison... We wouldn't want you to have to smell smoke just because some poor people don't want to freeze to death...

    Humans have been sitting around fires for over 70 thousand years to keep warm, cook food, socialize, decontaminate water, and improve the quality of their lives. Without fire, humans are just like animals. You have zero authority other people's lives (Thank God...).

  • Anonymous
    10 years ago

    Tough I have a wood stove and heat my home for free. Sucks to be you, doesn't it.

  • 10 years ago

    Hey those people tolerate you being alive.

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