"It’s an uncomfortable fact, but the health burden of wood burning on the British public is simply too big to ignore." A report from the environmental consultancy, Ricardo, sugg ...

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned two advertising claims by the Stove Industry Association (SIA) after ...

A chilling warning has been issued to those who use wood burners or coal fires in their homes, as a new study suggests they contributed to nearly 2,500 deaths in the UK last year. The report also ...

When the temperatures outside begin to drop there's nothing we'd rather do than curl up by the fire, sip hot cocoa, and read a good book. But if your home doesn't have a traditional fireplace, this is ...

Burning wood and coal at home contributes to the death of nearly 2,500 people each year in the UK, according to research.

Burning wood indoors could cause damage in a similar way to cigarette smoke, researchers have warned, after a new study linked the growing popularity of domestic wood burning to lung damage. Wood ...

Burning wood indoors could cause damage in a similar way to cigarette smoke, researchers have warned, after a new study linked the growing popularity of domestic wood burning to lung damage. Wood ...

Wood-burning stoves and open fires are among the largest sources of small pollution particles ... also known as EPCs, and UK census data. The Guardian reported that Larissa Lockwood, at the charity ...

Wood-burning stoves and open fires are linked to 2,500 deaths a year in Britain – and banning them could save the NHS £54million a year, a study claimed today. Non-essential domestic burning of wood ...

The study, presented at the European Respiratory Society Congress in Amsterdam, showed those who used wood stoves lost lung capacity more quickly than non-users – even though they tended to be ...