Guardian investigation finds 98% of Europeans breathing highly damaging polluted air linked to 400,000 deaths a year

  • EmilieEvans@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Wood stoves are a major problem. As soon as it gets cold in Germany, air pollution rises from below 5µg/m^3 to 20-100 µg/m^3 and stays there for months (in this particular area).

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      1 year ago

      Dang. In wildfire season here in western Canada, my air filter gets brought out well before the 100 mark.

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      1 year ago

      As someone who lives in a wood-heated house, what do you suggest I do? I’d rather not freeze to death and I can’t afford any other heating options