[Gabz]

Then I guess most of us in our 40s and older should be sickly or dead..........and I guess next fireplaces and woodstoves will be banned because of particulate matter....And we won't even discuss grills or frying.....

Good grief.

[TSgt]

See post #45

Merry Christmas :)

[BombHollywood]

Good Point. Although I do remember reading some type of article about a year or so ago that stated Chinese women are experiencing an alarming rate of lung cancer from working all day in smoky kitchens and around smoky stoves. The article failed to point out that smoking among chinese women has increase something like 10-fold in the last 20 years.

[SheLion]

Then I guess most of us in our 40s and older should be sickly or dead..........and I guess next fireplaces and woodstoves will be banned because of particulate matter....And we won't even discuss grills or frying.....

We moved to northern Maine in 1983.  Bought this house in Dec of 1984.  Has a huge wood furnace.  Order 6-8 cords a wood a year every since.  Been HEATING with wood ever since.  What is that..................21 years!

Oh yes, I have a fireplace in the living room also. 

[gidget7]

YOU are absolutely right! Fireplaces and wood stoves, give off the exact same carcinogens, as smoking. And funny we all live through the use of them too.

Merry Christmas to you!

[HungarianGypsy]

and I guess next fireplaces and woodstoves will be banned because of particulate matter..
Aw! But where I live they have "no burn days" where they do that if the air quality isn't up to certain standards.