Researchers are calling for new wood heaters to be banned from urban areas and existing ones to be phased out after their study showed wood heaters could be killing up to 63 people a year in the ACT alone.
The study published on Monday in the Medical Journal of Australia found there were a similar number of deaths attributed to domestic wood heaters in the ACT each year as they estimated died prematurely in the territory due to the extreme smoke from the 2019-20 Black Summer bushfires...
"Some very big recent studies from the United States found higher rates of cancer, for example, in people who use wood heaters even seasonally."
Peter Irga, who lectures in air and noise pollution at the University of Technology Sydney, said while the study was limited by the use of only three air-monitoring sites, overall it was sound.
"Alarmingly, the estimated deaths and costs could in fact be underestimates, if you take into account the potential increased toxicity from PM 2.5 derived from domestic wood heater smoke," he said...
The ACT government is moving to phase out household wood-fired heaters by 2045 except in rural areas.
It came after a report by ACT Commissioner for Sustainability and the Environment Sophie Lewis found there was "no safe level of air pollution for human health" and the heaters had no place in the territory’s renewables future.
Car deaths-not including any other statistic-are 1266 in 2023. No one wants to ban cars do they? https://www.bitre.gov.au/publications/ongoing/road_deaths_australia_monthly_bulletins
So let "them" ban mandatory lock downs word salad speech and executive gobbley gook speech and above all stupidity. That will help me confront my fears.
Electricity is a weapon, just like food is a weapon, just like water is a weapon.
Pushing to make inroads on banning such things as wood stoves and gas heaters "for your safety due to particulate matter" is a soft sell for soft heads.
They don't want you having alternatives once they move to sunshine and windmills, and their entirely predictable failure, and entirely predictable blackouts.
After the last 4 years, I'm surprised people not only still fall for their disingenuous double-speak, but actually cheer it on.
The Government does not care about your safety.
They care about sticking to the U.N plan to deindustrialise every country and reduce your standard of living.
They want you de-populated, and until that time, want you uncomfortable and controllable.
You really think people who want this for you, care about particulate matter in your lungs??