With new UK consultations open on air quality and domestic #woodburning, I am resharing an article I wrote for The Conversation on wood-smoke, PM2.5 and the limits of current regulation.
theconversation.com/wood-burning...
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Post saying Clean Air Night 22 January 2026
Brixton Road regularly breached air pollution limits in 2018. In 2024, it didn’t breach that target once. Air quality has improved across Lambeth but there’s more to do.
🌎 That’s why we are supporting #CleanAirNight tonight, highlighting that burning wood is the most polluting way to keep warm.
A sign on a railing reads, "If you can smell wood burning, you're breathing in harmful air pollution." It's nighttime near a medical centre.
A large tree with a pink sign tied around it on a dimly lit forest path. The sign warns about wood smoke and air pollution.
A stack of wrapped firewood on a pallet, displayed indoors. A bright pink sign warns about air pollution from wood burning.
A blue sign with symbols for cycling and walking is mounted on a post. Below, a pink poster reads, "If you can smell wood burning, you're breathing in harmful air pollution." The setting is a dimly lit residential street at night, with trees and streetlights in the background.
This #CleanAirNight I’ve been out popping posters on community noticeboards, railings outside healthcare centres, parks and local streets, and shops selling wood - simply to raise awareness.
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Domestic wood burning is a major source of PM2.5 air pollution in the UK. This presentation from Communities Against Woodsmoke explains how smoke from domestic wood-burning stoves affects air quality, public health, and everyday life in our communities.
youtu.be/coRa3QZ0H1E
Woodburning is the most polluting way to heat your home with serious impacts of your health & the health of your neighbours.
To find out more #CleanAirNight
www.cleanairhub.org.uk
Breathing in air pollution from wood burning increases your risk of heart and lung disease, asthma, diabetes and dementia.
Even homes with newer “Ecodesign” wood burners are three times more polluted than those without.
This #CleanAirNight, share the facts about wood burning.
Did you know that wood burning is the most polluting way to heat your home? This #CleanAirNight share the uncomfortable truth about wood burning. Clean Air Night, 22 January 2026. Global Action Plan, supported by Impact on Urban Health. UK Government Department of Health and Social Care, 2022.
Jack’s grandfather often used a wood burner, but after visiting Jack would experience concerning health impacts. Quote from Jack, London, describing chest symptoms and asthma worsening after visits. Share the facts about woodburning this #CleanAirNight. Clean Air Night, 22 January 2026.
It's #CleanAirNight and we need to talk about wood burning stoves. Research shows it's causing nearly 2.5k premature deaths a year in the UK, increasing your risk of heart and lung disease, diabetes and dementia. So please do check the facts and share with your loved ones.
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Sadly many people have wood burners and don’t know the risks.
The tiny particulates are very damaging to health. (I got rid of mine several years ago after reading about the dangers.)
I often smell smoke in the air on a still night in West Worthing
@mumsforlungs.bsky.social
This #CleanAirNight, a reminder that wood smoke isn’t a “nuisance”—it’s a serious public health issue.
And research shows that if your house is connected to the energy grid, it is almost always more expensive to heat your home using a wood burner or open fire rather than central heating. Share the facts about wood burning this #CleanAirNight
"When we had people come round and if they had asthma or any respiratory problems, we found that we couldn't use the wood burner. And then I started thinking well, maybe I shouldn't be using my wood burner as much as I do. And that was when I did a bit more reading and heard more about how wood burners operate." Tony, Hertfordshire Share the facts about wood burning this #CleanAirNight Clean Air Night logo Let's clear the air logo
It’s #CleanAirNight! Did you know that wood burning contributes to serious health conditions for people across the UK? Wood burning smoke produces fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5), which can cause heart & lung disease and increase your risk of diabetes and dementia when inhaled.
A UK village street at night. Text on top says We’re supporting Clean Air Night, 22 January 2026
Did you know that wood burning is the most polluting way to heat your home?
That is a key message for #CleanAirNight this year. Now in its 3rd year, Clean Air Night is an annual awareness campaign organized by the UK’s Global Action Plan.
We are again official supporters of Clean Air Night.
It’s #CleanAirNight! Did you know that wood burning is the most polluting way to heat your home? Air pollution from domestic burning contributes to nearly 2,500 deaths in the UK each year.
Visit cleanairhub.org.uk from globalactionplan.bsky.social to find out more
Supporting #CleanAirNight in RB Kingston. #Surbiton is worst place in UK for air pollution according to IQAir study & high rates of stove ownership according to UCL wood burner map. Awareness raising in the media has reduced #woodsmoke a bit, but more campaigning is needed! @mumsforlungs.bsky.social
Thank you for not smoking.
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A wood burning stove, with candles on top and origami flowers around and on top. A pink poster is sitting in front of it, with the text "Clean Air Night. If you can smell wood burning, you're breathing in harmful air pollution".
"My now unused wood burner decorated with my youngest’s origami flowers, ready for #CleanAirNight. We stopped using our stove a few years ago after reading about increased cancer risk associated with wood burning at home." Alice, GP, South West England.
We are supporting today’s #CleanAirNight in Sheffield, Endcliffe Park. The campaign to increase awareness of the dangers of air pollution from wood burning inspired by @mumsforlungs.bsky.social
We hope you will stop burning wood indoors, for your own health and for the health of your neighbours.
I remember @rcrohit7.bsky.social and I recommending this back in our 2020 indoor emissions study (doi.org/10.3390/atmo...). Feels like a lifetime ago, but great to see some action on the issue #cleanairnight #woodburning #airquality #airpollution
🔥Wood burning is the most polluting way to heat your home & breathing in air pollution from wood burning increases your risk of heart & respiratory disease, diabetes + dementia.
This #CleanAirNight learn + share the facts about wood burning ⬇️
🔗cleanairhub.org.uk via @globalactionplan.bsky.social
We all want to stay warm this winter…but cosiness shouldn’t cost us our health. This #CleanAirNight share the uncomfortable truth about wood burning.
It’s #CleanAirNight! Did you know that wood burning is the most polluting way to heat your home? Air pollution from domestic burning contributes to nearly 2,500 deaths in the UK each year.
Visit cleanairhub.org.uk from @globalactionplan.bsky.social to find out more.
Nearly 40% of Londoners are worried about pollution from wood burning.
This #CleanAirNight, learn more about the impact of woodburning on air pollution and explore alternative ways to heat your home: actionforcleanair.org.uk/campaigns/cl...
As a member of @healthyaircymru.bsky.social really pleased to see this coverage in @airqualitynews.bsky.social 👇
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Did you know that wood burning is the most polluting way to heat your home? Save the date for #CleanAirNight!
To find out more visit cleanairhub.org.uk from @globalactionplan.bsky.social
This #CleanAirNight, we're highlighting our Domestic Burning in Scotland report, which lays out our asks of the Scottish Government to help reduce air pollution from wood burning stoves and open fires.
To find out more, go to: asthmaandlung.org.uk/domestic-burning-scotland-report
This #CleanAirNight, we're highlighting our Domestic Burning in Northern Ireland report, which lays out our asks of the Executive, to help reduce air pollution from wood burning stoves and open fires.
To find out more, go to: tinyurl.com/4e8fvwy5
Welcome to Hove on #CleanAirNight & more specifically the shopping hub 7 Dials that despite being well served with a great & frequent bus service, on most days is stuffed w private cars, & quite a few diesel SUVs.
Here goes, I thought, get these posters onto as many shop windows as you can. 🧵1/7
This #CleanAirNight, we're highlighting our Domestic Burning in Wales report which lays out our asks of the Welsh Government to help reduce air pollution from wood burning stoves and open fires.
To find out more, go to: shorturl.at/8bMkS
A fire engine with a pink poster in front of it, that says "Clean Air Night. If you can smell wood burning, you're breathing in harmful air pollution".
Thanks to Alex in #Isleworth for putting up our posters in her local GP surgery and community centre, and for chatting to Hounslow Fire Brigade about #WoodBurning. Burning wood and smokeless fuel makes our air dirty and harms #Health. #CleanAirNight @lfb-hounslow.bsky.social
DEFRA has just published a consultation on solid fuel burning. We're happy to see a long-term campaign ask addressed - warning labels on stoves. However, the proposals will only impact future emissions; they will do nothing to help all those affected by existing burning. #CleanAirNight #WoodBurning
