Health risks of residential wood heat

Autor:	Curtis C. Travis, Elizabeth L. Etnier, H. Robert Meyer
Rok vydání:	1985
Předmět:	Global and Planetary Change Ecology Power station technology industry and agriculture Air pollution medicine.disease_cause complex mixtures Pollution Hazard Occupational safety and health Fireplace Environmental protection Hazardous waste Stove medicine Environmental science Energy source
Zdroj:	Environmental Management. 9:209-215
ISSN:	1432-1009 0364-152X
Popis:	The resurgence in the use of wood in the United States for residential heating has been accompanied by a dramatic increase in deaths and injuries from residential fires. Toxic materials present in woodsmoke also appear to present a significant public health hazard. As a result of these factors, production of residential wood heat can be up to two orders of magnitude more hazardous than generation of an equivalent amount of electric energy at a coal-fired power plant. Proper care in installation and operation of wood stoves, as well as technological innovations that control wood-stove emissions, can greatly reduce the health and safety hazards of residential heating with wood.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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