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/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:
Learn Before You Burn: http://www.epa.gov/burnwise/
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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