States with a high amount of wood burning have a higher cancer risk according to the EPA. The toxins from incomplete burning of wood can actually increase the incidences of cancer and of course if those toxins are outside at least some of them will end up inside too.
For more info on the EPA’s report check out this story focusing on the state of Oregon’s particulate pollution
For more info on the EPA’s report check out this story focusing on the state of Oregon’s particulate pollution
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