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Wood heater smoke estimated to kill up to 63 in ACT each year, prompting calls for national ban
ABC Health via MSN ^ | January 15,2024 | Alison Branley

Posted on 01/15/2024 10:26:27 AM PST by packagingguy

Researchers are calling for new wood heaters to be banned from urban areas and existing ones to be phased out after their study showed wood heaters could be killing up to 63 people a year in the ACT alone.

The study published on Monday in the Medical Journal of Australia found there were a similar number of deaths attributed to domestic wood heaters in the ACT each year as they estimated died prematurely in the territory due to the extreme smoke from the 2019-20 Black Summer bushfires...

"Some very big recent studies from the United States found higher rates of cancer, for example, in people who use wood heaters even seasonally."

Peter Irga, who lectures in air and noise pollution at the University of Technology Sydney, said while the study was limited by the use of only three air-monitoring sites, overall it was sound.

"Alarmingly, the estimated deaths and costs could in fact be underestimates, if you take into account the potential increased toxicity from PM 2.5 derived from domestic wood heater smoke," he said...

The ACT government is moving to phase out household wood-fired heaters by 2045 except in rural areas.

It came after a report by ACT Commissioner for Sustainability and the Environment Sophie Lewis found there was "no safe level of air pollution for human health" and the heaters had no place in the territory’s renewables future.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Weather
KEYWORDS: australia; ban; heating; woodfires; woodheaters; woodstoves
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So there you are in your home, enjoying the holiday or unable to get to work because of ice on the roads. You have a nice fire going with your cat or dog at your side.

You don't realize how selfish heating with a wood fire can be? Don't you understand you are killing the children?

We must ban these wood fired heaters and heat with electricity from the now-frozen windmills if we want to keep the planet from bursting into flames.

(And you need to euthanize that puppy or kitty and get a pet hissing cockroach to battle climate change)

Do it for the sake of the children.

1 posted on 01/15/2024 10:26:27 AM PST by packagingguy
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but a vaccine that kills way more than that is perfectly ok.


2 posted on 01/15/2024 10:27:14 AM PST by Jonny7797
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To: packagingguy

Something kills everyone. It should all be banned, apparently.


3 posted on 01/15/2024 10:28:19 AM PST by Blueflag
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To: packagingguy

People freezing to death with no heat because utilities go out would kill a heck of a lot more than 63


4 posted on 01/15/2024 10:28:22 AM PST by MeanWestTexan (Sometimes There Is No Lesser Of Two Evils)
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To: packagingguy

Forest fires also declared illegal. Fines and sternly worded letters ready to go.


5 posted on 01/15/2024 10:29:03 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: Blueflag

Help solve the problem: join the Human Extinction Movement!!


6 posted on 01/15/2024 10:29:50 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: packagingguy

I’m going over to my neighbor’s house now and ask him why he’s trying to kill me. Luckily nobody seems to be having a BBQ today.


7 posted on 01/15/2024 10:30:00 AM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> --- )
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To: packagingguy

“(And you need to euthanize that puppy or kitty and get a pet hissing cockroach to battle climate change)”

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The WEF has some tasty recipes...


8 posted on 01/15/2024 10:31:08 AM PST by Eccl 10:2 (Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding")
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I think we need to ban pot and politicians as they kill FAR more people every year——I’m offended by the smells and the looks!


9 posted on 01/15/2024 10:31:18 AM PST by mikelets456
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Some of the happier memories I have from growing up was going out on bitterly cold winter days to help my father bring in firewood for our home's wood stove.

That thing evoked a toasty warmth that just can't be had with electric. It was the aroma of the wood burning downstairs in the basement, permeating throughout the house.

It was also hella fun to operate the chainsaw :-)

10 posted on 01/15/2024 10:31:51 AM PST by Ciaphas Cain (Dear Claire Wolfe: Is it still "too early"?)
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To: packagingguy

For those wondering, ACT = Australian Capitol Territory, and it includes the capitol city of Canberra, within New South Wales.


11 posted on 01/15/2024 10:31:57 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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Australia?

Dried kangaroo dung should burn just fine.


12 posted on 01/15/2024 10:32:05 AM PST by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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So let’s see now....

Gas and oil - bad
Coal - bad
Wood - bad

Expensive electricity, in short supply, unreliable and controlled by outside forces via smart thermostats - good.

I’m thinking if starving us via inflation, supplies, and getting rid of farms and deadly “vaccines” and man-made viruses doesn’t work, we’ll have to comply by freezing to death, as the planet is “on fire”.


13 posted on 01/15/2024 10:32:27 AM PST by JudyinCanada (The left is loathsome, beyond anything I could have believed.)
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To: packagingguy

produce the autopsy’s...


14 posted on 01/15/2024 10:33:47 AM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: packagingguy

First sentence: “Researchers…could…”

Reality: “Activists…make up…”


15 posted on 01/15/2024 10:34:37 AM PST by EEGator
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Ansd to illustrate the problem they show a picture of a modern enclosed and properly vented wood stove.


16 posted on 01/15/2024 10:36:00 AM PST by AndyJackson
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Anything to advance Unconstitutional Totalitarian Government Tyranny.


17 posted on 01/15/2024 10:36:04 AM PST by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: 9YearLurker

Thanks, I needed that.


18 posted on 01/15/2024 10:36:49 AM PST by higgmeister (In the Shadow of The Big Chicken! )
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To: Blueflag
Something kills everyone. It should all be banned, apparently.

Especially Dihydrogen Monoxide. Nasty stuff.

19 posted on 01/15/2024 10:36:52 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: 9YearLurker

Thanks!


20 posted on 01/15/2024 10:38:21 AM PST by rdl6989 ( )
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