| As the holidays near and the air becomes
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| | stoves reach an astonishing 50% to
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| more frigid, families gather around
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| | 70% of outdoor levels when burning
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| fireplaces and wood-burning stoves
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| | wood. Neighbors to wood fires may
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| seeking warm comfort. Unfortunately
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| | unwillingly be breathing smoky air,
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| for many --- especially those who
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| | even if they are not wood burners.
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| suffer from asthma and allergies -- the
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| | A Higher
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| use of such heating devices can
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| | Risk for Lung Cancer According to
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| trigger health-related disasters in
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| | Medical News Today, "Burning wood may be
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| unexpected ways. Dr. Leonard
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| | associated with lung cancer, even
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| Bielory, director of the Asthma and
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| | with people who do not smoke."
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| Allergy Research Center at the
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| | Scientists from Mexico gathered
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| UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School in
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| | blood samples from 62 patients with
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| Newark, says emergency room visits
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| | lung cancer, 9 patients with chronic
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| from asthma attacks quadruple following
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| | obstructive pulmonary disease
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| the fall's first frost. "There are
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| | (COPD), and 9 control subjects. Of the
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| particles and toxic agents emitted
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| | patients with lung cancer, 23 were
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| by burning wood that, when inhaled, may
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| | tobacco smokers (37.1 percent), 24 were
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| cause shortness of breath or
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| | exposed to wood smoke (38.7
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| wheezing and possibly a life-threatening
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| | percent), and 15 were not in either
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| asthma attack that may require
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| | category (24.2 percent). Study
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| emergency health care."
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| | results show that 38.7 percent of the
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| Wood Smoke Break
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| | patients with lung cancer were
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| Down Wood smoke from fireplaces and
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| | nonsmokers who were exposed to continuous
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| wood-burning stoves contain fine
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| | wood smoke for over 10 years.
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| particles and gases that can pose a
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| | A Few Suggestions Whether it is to
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| serious health threat to you and
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| | have a nice romantic evening with a loved
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| your family. The smoke emitted from wood
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| | one, or to warm those toes after
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| burning contains the following:
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| | playing in the snow, chances are you
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| Fine Particles: These
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| | will find yourself lighting the fireplace
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| particles are so small that several
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| | or wood stove this winter. And you
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| thousand of them could fit on the period
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| | CAN go ahead and enjoy doing so. But
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| at the end of a sentence. They
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| | before you do, here are a few suggestions
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| reach the deepest recesses of the
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| | offered by the University of
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| lungs and accelerate hardening of
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| | Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey that
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| the arteries, negatively affecting heart
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| | you should follow:
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| function.
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| | Only use an EPA approved fireplace or
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| Nitrogen Dioxide: This odorless gas that
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| | wood-burning stove.
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| can irritate your eyes, nose and
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| | Don't allow those with respiratory
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| throat and cause shortness of breath.
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| | conditions such as asthma or
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| In people with asthma, exposure to
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| | allergies to be exposed to a fireplace or
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| low levels of NO2 may cause
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| | wood-stove for too long.
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| increased bronchial reactivity and make
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| | Make certain there is adequate
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| young children more susceptible to
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| | ventilation to offset any smoke
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| respiratory infections. Long-term
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| | that is emitted (open windows a crack if
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| exposure to high levels of NO2 can
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| | need be). Avoid
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| lead to chronic bronchitis.
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| | using a chemical accelerant, like lighter
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| Carbon Monoxide: This
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| | fluid, to ignite the
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| odorless, colorless, poisonous gas
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| | fire. Properly maintain
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| interferes with the delivery of oxygen
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| | your fireplace or wood stove.
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| throughout the body and may cause
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| | Have your chimney cleaned annually
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| headaches, dizziness and, at higher
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| | to help prevent fumes from backing
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| concentrations, death. Those with
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| | into the house. Be
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| cardiac and respiratory disease may
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| | certain the room is aired out and dust
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| be more sensitive to lower levels
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| | and vacuum the area thoroughly
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| of this gas. Toxic
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| | after it has been used.
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| Compounds: These include such compounds
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| | Don't use a fireplace or wood-burning
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| as formaldehyde, benzene, methyl
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| | stove as the only source of heat.
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| chloride and methyl ethyl ketone (a
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| | If you use a fireplace
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| wide range of compounds that usually have
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| | or wood-burning stove, or live in an
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| no color, taste or smell.) Some
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| | area where neighbor's do, it is also
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| cause direct and negative health
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| | extremely important to keep your
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| effects by penetrating deep into the
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| | home's surfaces like furniture and floors
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| lungs. Carbon Dioxide:
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| | clean to the microscopic level. The
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| This greenhouse gas contributes to
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| | fine particles from the smoke settle
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| global climate change.
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| | and then, from walking, sitting down,
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| The above particles found in wood smoke
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| | etc., can be kicked back up into the
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| are too small to be filtered by the
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| | air. It is strongly recommended that
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| nose and upper respiratory system, so
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| | you DON'T use typical cleaning tools
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| they end up deep in your lungs. They
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| | like rags, cotton mops and sponges for
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| can remain there for several months
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| | cleaning, as they are incapable of
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| causing structural damage and
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| | effectively removing the fine particles.
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