Burning wood at home adds more particle pollution to the UK’s air than all of the vehicles on its roads, but there is very little information on where this burning takes place and who is most affected. To address this knowledge gap, researchers have produced the first high-resolution map of wood burning in England and Wales. Dr Laura Horsfall, from University College London, said: “We began investigating domestic wood burning after our earlier study identified rising rates of lung cancer in non-smokers living in affluent areas of the UK. This raised important questions about potential exposure to carcinogens from wood
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