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Wood burning and gas cooking hugely costly to healthcare systems, New Zealand study finds (www.theguardian.com)
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Indoor air pollution from New Zealand’s 523,000 wood burners was estimated to account for 446 hospital admissions for heart and lung problems, and 101 early deaths annually, in a country with a population of just over 5 million people. Breathing fumes from gas cooking indoors created more than 1,000 hospital admissions, 208 early deaths and more than 3,000 new cases of childhood asthma each year.

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[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Yeah I love sitting by a fire by won't have one in my house due to the reasons in the article (previous numbers I've seen are an order of magnitude higher than this article, but those numbers also considered the affect of those outside the home).

But yeah, if you're not paying for the wood then a small number of people with a tree, a chainsaw, and a wood splitter can knock out a year's supply of wood for multiple households with just a day's effort.