Map reveals residential wood-burning hotspots in England and Wales

Gary Fuller - TheGuardian - 18/04
Researchers analyse energy performance certificate data to identify areas with potentially high particle pollution

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 woo...
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