WOODSMOKE REFERENCE AND LINKS OF INTEREST

Many of these links will take you outsite of the Maine.gov website

 

DEP AIR QUALITY:

Air Quality Forecasting: http://www.maine.gov/dep/air/ozone/

Woodstoves: http://www.maine.gov/dep/air/education/woodstv.htm

Outdoor Wood Boilers: http://www.maine.gov/dep/air/Woodsmoke/woodcombustion.htm

Air Quality and You: http://www.maine.gov/dep/air/education/airandu.htm

 

State Fire Marshall: http://www.maine.gov/dps/fmo/index.htm

 

EPA on Woodstoves:

Clean Burning Woodstoves: http://www.epa.gov/woodstoves/index.html

Healthy Home: http://www.epa.gov/woodstoves/healthier.html

Health Effects of Woodsmoke: http://www.epa.gov/woodstoves/healtheffects.html

Cleaner Burning Fireplaces: http://www.epa.gov/woodstoves/fireplaces.html

Tips for a better fire: http://www.epa.gov/woodstoves/pdfs/epa_bcflyer_press_rev4.pdf

 

Other Links:

Outdoor Woodboilers: http://www.nescaum.org/topics/outdoor-hydronic-heaters/

Outdoor Woodboilers Facts & Info: http://www.vtwoodsmoke.org/

 

American Lung Association of Maine:

Topics page: http://www.mainelung.org/Topics/healthy-air.asp

 

Reference:

Woodsmoke Health Effects: A Review; Naeher, et al; Copyright Informa Healthcare; Inhalation Toxicology, 19:67-106, 2007; ISSN: 0895-8378 print/online 1091-7691

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