Koldioxidneutralt att elda med ved och pellets? En myt!

Why burning wood is not "green" or "Carbon Neutral"
(Från burningissues.org)

En ny hemsida för att sprida information om luftföroreningar från vedrök: http://www.familiesforcleanair.org/

Och så ytterligare ett antal vetenskapliga undersökningar om vad ved- och pelletseldare åsamkar:

Wood smoke & Carboxyhaemoglobin

" . . . At 20 h after wood smoke exposure, blood tests demonstrated an increased.... cytokines and carboxyhaemoglobin (COHb) were measured. ... "

Exposure to wood smoke particles produces inflammation in healthy volunteers http://oem.bmj.com/content/early/2011/06/29/oem.2011.065276.abstract  

- Oxidative stress, DNA damage, and inflammation induced by ambient air and wood smoke particulate matter in human A549 and THP-1 cell lines http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21235221

 
- Wood smoke exposure can cause inflammation in the lungs of fire-fighters http://www.european-lung-foundation.org/index.php?id=10637  

- (From Denmark) - " . . . Blood and urine samples were analysed before and after ... "

Health effects assessment of exposure to particles from wood smoke http://www.danskselskabforfolkesundhed.dk/fileadmin/Filer_FMF/Nyheder/health_effects_braenderoeg.pdf