Newsday.com
December 8, 2007
Letter to the Editor
Burning danger
"Hidden dangers at home" [News, Dec. 2] was very informative. But the list of common household dangers should have included smoke from fireplaces and wood-burning devices. According to the EPA, lifetime cancer risk from wood smoke is 12 times more carcinogenic than a lifetime equal amount of cigarette smoke. Up to 70 percent of the carcinogenic fine-particle pollution that leaves your chimney and your neighbor's can re-enter your home. The solution is to refrain from burning wood. Fireplaces can be converted to use clean-burning gas. Many area restaurants do so.
Robert James
Huntington Station
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