<story><title>Indoor wood burning raises women’s lung cancer risk by 43%</title><url>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412023004014</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>sneak</author><text>Half the comments here are just providing an implementation of the fizzbuzz instead of addressing the article’s point.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.samharris.org&amp;#x2F;blog&amp;#x2F;the-fireplace-delusion&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.samharris.org&amp;#x2F;blog&amp;#x2F;the-fireplace-delusion&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; &lt;i&gt;Once they have exited your chimney, the toxic gases (e.g. benzene) and particles that make up smoke freely pass back into your home and into the homes of others. (Research shows that nearly 70 percent of chimney smoke reenters nearby buildings.) Children who live in homes with active fireplaces or woodstoves, or in areas where wood burning is common, suffer a higher incidence of asthma, cough, bronchitis, nocturnal awakening, and compromised lung function. Among adults, wood burning is associated with more-frequent emergency room visits and hospital admissions for respiratory illness, along with increased mortality from heart attacks. The inhalation of wood smoke, even at relatively low levels, alters pulmonary immune function, leading to a greater susceptibility to colds, flus, and other respiratory infections. All these effects are borne disproportionately by children and the elderly.&lt;/i&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>dathinab</author><text>&amp;gt; and into the homes of others.&lt;p&gt;I really wish indoor wood burning, especially if not used for heating but luxury, would be banned at least in cities&lt;p&gt;like wtf. is it legal to harass your neighbors with smell and toxic fumes every day just because you want to feel a bit comfy (to clarify: I mean comfy by having a fancy looking fire place you use additional to your normal heating system because you like how it looks)&lt;p&gt;sure there are countries and areas in countries where for various sociology economical reasons banning it isn&amp;#x27;t acceptable at all and should not be done&lt;p&gt;but a ~4 million city where one of the _most costly ways to heat_ is by burning wood logs it&amp;#x27;s a bit of a different story ;)&lt;p&gt;and I know some parts of the city are poor and use very old ovens, but funnily they have less of an smell issue (I can&amp;#x27;t judge the toxicity) because they tend to burn preprocessed pellets for heating instead of not necessary well suited or fully dry wood for the looks</text></comment>
<story><title>Indoor wood burning raises women’s lung cancer risk by 43%</title><url>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412023004014</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>sneak</author><text>Half the comments here are just providing an implementation of the fizzbuzz instead of addressing the article’s point.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.samharris.org&amp;#x2F;blog&amp;#x2F;the-fireplace-delusion&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.samharris.org&amp;#x2F;blog&amp;#x2F;the-fireplace-delusion&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; &lt;i&gt;Once they have exited your chimney, the toxic gases (e.g. benzene) and particles that make up smoke freely pass back into your home and into the homes of others. (Research shows that nearly 70 percent of chimney smoke reenters nearby buildings.) Children who live in homes with active fireplaces or woodstoves, or in areas where wood burning is common, suffer a higher incidence of asthma, cough, bronchitis, nocturnal awakening, and compromised lung function. Among adults, wood burning is associated with more-frequent emergency room visits and hospital admissions for respiratory illness, along with increased mortality from heart attacks. The inhalation of wood smoke, even at relatively low levels, alters pulmonary immune function, leading to a greater susceptibility to colds, flus, and other respiratory infections. All these effects are borne disproportionately by children and the elderly.&lt;/i&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>grecy</author><text>&amp;gt; &lt;i&gt;Once they have exited your chimney, the toxic gases (e.g. benzene) and particles that make up smoke&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;Keep in mind that modern wood stoves have catalytic combustors that burn the wood, then the smoke, then usually the smoke again.&lt;p&gt;They extract vastly more heat from the wood, and they emit vastly less toxic gasses out the stovepipe.&lt;p&gt;Also note they are legally required in many, many places now.&lt;p&gt;(Older stoves and fireplaces are grandfathered in, but you can&amp;#x27;t install a new &amp;quot;old&amp;quot; stove in many towns around the world)</text></comment>