'Like having a truck idling in your living room': the toxic cost of wood-fired heaters | Architecture & Design

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In winter, wood heater smoke is the single biggest air pollutant in New South Wales and the ACT. Similarly, in Victoria, wood smoke on cool winter days is responsible for most breaches of air quality standards.

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23 Jun 2020 • 7m read • View Author

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