They are a trendy and effective way to keep your home warm and inviting during the winter months.
But wood burning stoves can increase your risk of Britain’s deadliest cancer, research has found.
Indoor heating devices, which are popular in middle-class homes, increase the risk of lung cancer.
They are said to be one of the main drivers of harmful air pollution in UK cities.
Wood burning stoves are now the UK’s biggest source of PM2.5 particulate matter, new research has found.
‘Domestic burning of wood and other fuels’ will account for a third of PM2.5 emissions by 2022, the report said.
These particles are too small to filter through the nose and lungs, which can handle larger particles like pollen.
Studies have long suggested that PM2.5 particles can enter the bloodstream, where they can cause serious diseases such as heart disease and lung cancer.
Home heating appliances, popular in middle-class homes, are said to be one of the main causes of harmful air pollution in UK cities.
Indoor combustion is the only source of PM2.5 that has increased since 2003, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) report.
one A meta-analysis Including 17 different studies, increased exposure to PM2.5 increased the risk of lung cancer by eight percent and the risk of dying from the disease by 11 percent.
Chinese researchers found that PM2.5-related lung cancer deaths were highest in North America, where the risk rose by 15 percent.
Asia and Europe saw increases of 12 and five percent respectively.
Meanwhile, the incidence of lung cancer linked to PM2.5 was high in Asia, rising to nine percent.
North America and Europe saw increases of six and three percent, respectively.
Last year one American Studies In addition, using a home stove or fireplace increases the risk of lung exposure for women Cancer 43 percent compared to others.
Researchers who followed more than 50,000 Americans found that people who used wood burning stoves more than 30 days a year had a 68 percent higher risk of lung cancer.
Dr. Suril Mehta, study co-author and scientist at the US National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, said: “Our study shows that even household wood burning from stoves and fireplaces sometimes increases the risk of lung cancer in populations where household wood burning is not possible. The main source of fuel for cooking or heating at home.
Lung cancer It affects around 50,000 people in the UK and 230,000 in the US each year.
It is the biggest cancer killer in the world. It is very difficult to diagnose and often appears later when it is difficult to treat.
Statistics show that it kills four out of five patients within five years. Fewer than 10 percent of people survive their disease for a decade or more.
Although progress has been made, there is a gender gap, with women between the ages of 35 and 54 being diagnosed with lung cancer more often than men in the same age group.
Toxins from burning wood have long been linked to many lung and heart problems, including asthma and the development of pneumonia in children.
Indoor combustion, including wood burning, will contribute a third of the UK’s total PM2.5 emissions by 2021 – particles in the air that can enter the bloodstream and penetrate the lungs.
Wood burning stoves are now the UK’s biggest source of PM2.5, new research has warned.
The report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies also said that by 2022, three-quarters of indoor PM2.5 emissions will come from wood burning.
Symptoms of lung cancer are often not seen until the cancer has spread to other parts of the body.
The three biggest sources of Pm2.5 in the UK are household wood and other fuels (29% of total PM2.5 emissions in 2022) and road transport (17.9% of total PM2.5 emissions). In the year in 2022) and industrial processes and product use (16.5 percent of total PM2.5 emissions in 2022) such as construction and steel manufacturing.
Indoor combustion was the only source of PM2.5 emissions that increased over the period.
‘Three-quarters of PM2.5 emissions from indoor combustion will come from wood burning by 2022.’
Only stoves officially awarded the ‘Ecodesign’ mark are allowed for sale in the UK and any wood sold must be certified ‘ready to burn’.
A letter signed by more than 100 doctors in August He warned that poisons will be created They are ‘invisible killers’ by burning wood.
In its position statement, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) urged the government to “Stopping domestic wood burning in cities, encouraging rural residents to move away from wood as a primary source of heat, and supporting the poor with fuel costs.”
He said he would. He should see the Ella Act come through and make a promise to the government. World Health Organization (WHO) Air Quality Guidelines.
Ella’s Law is named after Ella Roberta Addo Kiss Dibrah, who suffered a fatal asthma attack in 2013 at the age of 9.
The nine Ella Kisi Debrah in 2010. She died in 2013 after three years of seizures and 27 visits to the hospital for treatment of respiratory problems.
In the year A 2021 inquest report found air pollution contributed to her death. She was the first person in England to have air pollution cause a coroner’s death.
Ella lives just 80 feet from a known pollution ‘sink’ on the busy South Circular Road in south-east Lewisham. London – One of the busiest roads in the capital.
In the year Between 2010 and 2013, she had multiple seizures and made nearly 30 hospital visits.
Environment Secretary Steve Reid said he would meet the goals of the Environment Act, which includes a target to curb PM2.5 pollution by 2040.
The target requires a maximum annual average concentration of no more than ten micrograms per cubic meter at that time.
This follows the expansion of London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) last year to cover all London boroughs to further reduce pollution levels.
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