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]]> Mon, 20 Aug 2018 05:14:45 UTC 22415954 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/16686919?utm_medium=rss Wood smoke is 20 x more toxic than cigarette smoke. It is killing people. In this day and age what is wrong with you who make the regulations?! Stop hurting people. I am captive in my house surrounded by toxins - I can taste the particles sometimes. I collapse. I get mouth blisters. Help Free Us From Toxic Woodsmoke.

]]> Sun, 26 Jan 2014 11:16:02 UTC 16686919 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/16685776?utm_medium=rss I can not leave my house at all through the winter and only periodically for moments during spring and summer as people are burning garbage, having camp fires etc...I have an intense sensitivity to wood smoke...it makes me extremely ill. It is my right to breath fresh air, and there is none on the Sunshine Coast. It is hurting every human being and animal, and I am disgusted it is allowed to go on like this!!!!!!!!

]]> Sun, 26 Jan 2014 04:58:22 UTC 16685776 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/16685125?utm_medium=rss Sun, 26 Jan 2014 12:46:14 UTC 16685125 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/16684741?utm_medium=rss I am a friend of a lot of clean air campaigners in BC, and they need what we need in New Zealand, adequate laws that deal with wood burning pollution. In all residential areas, and closely settled rural districts, that one thing is complete prohibition. Wood smoke is toxic, carcinogenic and poisonous. Studies on the health effects are very worrying. Prohibition is the only sensible policy response, and people's lives are being ruined whilst they wait for the BC government to catch up on all the scientific findings. Please ban wood burning.

]]> Sat, 25 Jan 2014 11:20:46 UTC 16684741 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/16684568?utm_medium=rss Sat, 25 Jan 2014 09:50:13 UTC 16684568 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/16684468?utm_medium=rss Wood smoke contains toxic chemical compounds with 12 times the lifetime cancer risk of tobacco smoke. Wood smoke is known to provoke asthma, lead to lung and heart disease, and the cancer agency of the World Health Organization has recently added particulate matter – as found in wood smoke – to the Group 1 list of know carcinogens.

]]> Sat, 25 Jan 2014 08:51:41 UTC 16684468 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/16325598?utm_medium=rss Hello Vicki!
Everyone is always talking about and wanting "fresh air"..well, I'm fighting for this too..but no one seems to want to help me. My wonderful neighbor has her woodstove going 24/7 from around the first cold snap until usually May. I ask her nicely to please put out this mess and she just throws another log on the fire..for spite. I am so angry. I was in my kitchen today standing by the window... just watching the smoke go by. No one helps. I called one 'nut' and he wanted to know if what I was breathing 'clean or dirty smoke'? Smoke is smoke! What a dumb question. Another man from the fire station suggested I buy a mask with carocoal in it to help me breathe. And the advice goes on and on. Hey, how about her putting her fire out. And just yesterday, more wood was delivered to her house. I am heartbroken. I get to breathe that too! I am in tears. I pray to GOD all the time. Please have mercy on my soul..our souls. I am 'behind you' and 'for you' 100%. ZBY7

]]> Thu, 28 Nov 2013 04:33:59 UTC 16325598 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15847789?utm_medium=rss We need to remain dedicated and persistent. Make calls. Send emails. If your city or town council doesn't listen, then start calling Public Health. Check with the Ministry of The Environment. In Ontario, the Fire Chief is specifically mentioned in The Ministry's Smog Alert Response document. Kitchener, ON backyard firepit protestors will continue to fight our council's decision in March 2013 until this City gets a ban just like the other 2 cities in The Region of Waterloo.

]]> Mon, 16 Sep 2013 08:12:45 UTC 15847789 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14674492?utm_medium=rss Sun, 10 Feb 2013 12:20:05 UTC 14674492 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14347111?utm_medium=rss Sat, 5 Jan 2013 02:41:51 UTC 14347111 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14009010?utm_medium=rss why do we not have the right to breath clean air in our own homes

]]> Sun, 28 Oct 2012 10:08:08 UTC 14009010 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13956185?utm_medium=rss Wed, 17 Oct 2012 07:31:52 UTC 13956185 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13955845?utm_medium=rss Wed, 17 Oct 2012 05:43:27 UTC 13955845 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13955703?utm_medium=rss Wed, 17 Oct 2012 05:08:38 UTC 13955703 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12999663?utm_medium=rss Our neighbors installed an outdoor wood burner about 30 feet from our house. Every day, all day our air is tainted. Our chidlren have documented medical problems from it and yet the city wont touch it. We cannot enjoy opening our windows on a nice day or letting the kids go out to play. It's sad. Very, very sad. The neighbor will not do anything because he claims he cannot afford the heating bill.

]]> Tue, 5 Jun 2012 01:35:12 UTC 12999663 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8692155?utm_medium=rss We ban smoking in public to prevent the harm of second hand smoke but allow wood-burning smoke to come out from one's chimney into neighbors' house for the entire winter. My baby is exposed to this smoke without any choice.

]]> Mon, 11 Oct 2010 08:05:46 UTC 8692155 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8485429?utm_medium=rss Next door neighbors believe that they weren't doing anything wrong by burning their fire at 2 a.m. He was irate.

]]> Sat, 11 Sep 2010 02:57:35 UTC 8485429 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8484918?utm_medium=rss Our governments owe us the right to breathe clean fresh air.
Burning is an option, breathing is not!

]]> Sat, 11 Sep 2010 01:24:57 UTC 8484918 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8484312?utm_medium=rss Sat, 11 Sep 2010 11:43:55 UTC 8484312 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8481941?utm_medium=rss Two recent answers in Metro-Vancouver to neighbours poisoning neighbours.
1)Person reports Asthma, heart arrhythmias plus RESPONSE Sympathy 101, Mayor “sorry to hear of your personal discomfort”. Costs person $60K to move, BC Health $6K
2)Neighbour burning dirty 2 years; person reports major health issues; friend has Asthma attack RESPONSE Health Authority investigates, will “provide neighbour with two publications ‘How to burn Properly’ and ‘Burn it Smart’ “.
We voted for these folks?

]]> Sat, 11 Sep 2010 05:33:59 UTC 8481941 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8351506?utm_medium=rss Clean air first!

]]> Thu, 19 Aug 2010 10:10:43 UTC 8351506 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8283168?utm_medium=rss As a victim of smoke inhalation from our neighbor's outdoor wood boiler I have battled cancer and had a stent put in my heart. The smoke, everytime it got in our home gave our daughter grand mal seizures. These devises should be banned from earth!!!!

]]> Wed, 4 Aug 2010 05:45:15 UTC 8283168 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7689595?utm_medium=rss Someone needs to stop the "killing machines".
Our lives have been destroyed by and OWB.

]]> Tue, 18 May 2010 11:15:04 UTC 7689595 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7298919?utm_medium=rss Clean air is our most precious resource, and needs to be protected. No amount of smoke is safe to breathe, and no amount of wood smoke can be considered acceptable in residential areas. In all areas where cleaner burning fuels are available, governments at all levels need to encourage more environmentally-friendly and socially- responsible choices than burning wood.

]]> Tue, 6 Apr 2010 12:40:11 UTC 7298919 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6415465?utm_medium=rss I AM TOTALLY AGAINST ANY CHEMICAL IN THE AIR THAT YOUR BODY DOESN'T NEED

]]> Mon, 2 Nov 2009 08:13:57 UTC 6415465 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5346838?utm_medium=rss Woodsmoke from an outdoor wood boiler 1500 feet away is killing my family and pets. Woodsmoke is many times more cancerous than cigarette smoke. 1 out of 2 people have cancer and they are expecting us all to get it. Don't follow money. Without health, you have nothing. Woodsmoke travels 700 miles. People who buy outdoor wood boilers spend $10000 dollars and do not care about their neighbors. Ten commandments say:Do not kill. What goes around comes around. Preserve life.

]]> Sun, 26 Apr 2009 12:04:24 UTC 5346838 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4973567?utm_medium=rss Something has to be done, the Government said to quit smoking to be more healthy, which my Wife and I have done, what are they prepared to do to protect me from an even worse smoke? My neighbor burns 24/7 from an old wood stove his "Buddy" found, hooked up to an "Old" flue they just found in the basement. He will either kill us first or burn his home down as I'm sure he hasn't got that flue cleaned out in years!

]]> Fri, 20 Feb 2009 05:42:14 UTC 4973567 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4910389?utm_medium=rss Mon, 9 Feb 2009 03:54:02 UTC 4910389 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4910384?utm_medium=rss Mon, 9 Feb 2009 03:53:39 UTC 4910384 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4910372?utm_medium=rss Mon, 9 Feb 2009 03:52:36 UTC 4910372 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4910370?utm_medium=rss Mon, 9 Feb 2009 03:52:19 UTC 4910370 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4521075?utm_medium=rss I am so very excited to have been made aware of this site!! We are going through hell with our neighbors woodstove and their toxic burns and ignorant attitudes to how it affects my health! I have gone so many avenues to have something done about this but obviously at this time it is an accepted practice everywhere as no regulations or by-laws covering such burns!!!!

]]> Sun, 23 Nov 2008 11:38:08 UTC 4521075 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4509565?utm_medium=rss Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:47:54 UTC 4509565 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4491735?utm_medium=rss Sun, 16 Nov 2008 10:41:18 UTC 4491735 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4480495?utm_medium=rss Thu, 13 Nov 2008 08:50:13 UTC 4480495 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4475800?utm_medium=rss Save the planet, support public transport:
http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/abbotsford-to-vancouver-train.html

]]> Thu, 13 Nov 2008 04:02:30 UTC 4475800 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4475797?utm_medium=rss Save the planet, support public transport:
http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/abbotsford-to-vancouver-train.html

]]> Thu, 13 Nov 2008 04:01:25 UTC 4475797 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4473537?utm_medium=rss Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:22:27 UTC 4473537 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4467992?utm_medium=rss Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:39:23 UTC 4467992 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4464406?utm_medium=rss Mon, 10 Nov 2008 02:55:12 UTC 4464406 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4461260?utm_medium=rss Wood smoke from neighboring fireplaces enters our homes through the smallest openings and PM 2.5 will be inhaled, causing numerous serious illnesses which can ruin ones life. We equipped our home with an air intake system and had to install an additional scrub-box but they do not keep smoke out either. At times we sealed doors and windows with plastic tape to keep smoke out. Wood burning fireplaces should be banned! Contact Government officials on all levels, don’t give up: you will be heard!

]]> Mon, 10 Nov 2008 01:22:26 UTC 4461260 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4461108?utm_medium=rss Many voices need to be heard; otherwise Metro Vancouver will have to commission a costly study to, "assess effective strategies for the reduction of residential wood smoke emissions, to identify a set of suitable strategies for consideration and implementation." Tax Dollars will be saved if people speak out and make it known that emissions from wood burning are a health hazard. My "Quest" has been presented to Council in August and is re-appearing Nov. 10th. all levels of Governments contacted.

]]> Mon, 10 Nov 2008 12:17:42 UTC 4461108 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4460764?utm_medium=rss Sun, 9 Nov 2008 08:57:45 UTC 4460764 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4460606?utm_medium=rss From: web site www.citizensfeh.com
Please visit . Sign our Quebec Petion. A targeted world wide petition will be soon included and forwarded to 200000 recipients.
All children need you to protect them from smoke. Please see our video . Talk to your elected representatives about the Government of Canada's role in perpertrating smoke, how the industry has been allowed to mislead Canadians and cause grave harm to children . Woodsmoke a carcinogen increases risk for breast cancer.

]]> Sun, 9 Nov 2008 07:51:42 UTC 4460606 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4460567?utm_medium=rss Sun, 9 Nov 2008 07:35:40 UTC 4460567 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4460358?utm_medium=rss Sun, 9 Nov 2008 06:04:52 UTC 4460358 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4460346?utm_medium=rss !!LESS TAXES!!

]]> Sun, 9 Nov 2008 05:59:26 UTC 4460346 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4459687?utm_medium=rss Sun, 9 Nov 2008 02:21:30 UTC 4459687 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4459585?utm_medium=rss Sun, 9 Nov 2008 01:54:56 UTC 4459585 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4459563?utm_medium=rss Sun, 9 Nov 2008 01:47:26 UTC 4459563 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4459519?utm_medium=rss Sun, 9 Nov 2008 01:29:39 UTC 4459519 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4458894?utm_medium=rss Our neighbors burning stove has put my daughter (who has a lung condition) in the hospital many times. We can not sell our house because we have to disclose we have a health hazard in our backyard which is our neighbors smoke entering our yard. AQMD, EPA, Lung Assocaiation, and the city are all aware of this problem. It's even been on the news and newspaper, yet because there is no law against it, our family remains sick. Our ambient air has been sampled finding heavy metals and carcinogens.

]]> Sun, 9 Nov 2008 10:19:37 UTC 4458894 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4419354?utm_medium=rss Sat, 1 Nov 2008 05:38:43 UTC 4419354 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4373193?utm_medium=rss Wood smoke is even more concentrated and toxic than tobacco smoke and contains many of the same severe toxicants which are a hazard to human health and the environment. Ban it! Wood smoke violates the property rights of others to breathe clean air on their property.

]]> Mon, 27 Oct 2008 10:52:01 UTC 4373193 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4373033?utm_medium=rss Carbon monoxide and particles from fireplaces are often the major pollution source in residential neighborhoods.
That 'nice wood smoke scent' can do a lot of damage to the lungs and heart.

]]> Mon, 27 Oct 2008 09:52:32 UTC 4373033 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4370650?utm_medium=rss Mon, 27 Oct 2008 09:41:45 UTC 4370650 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4364085?utm_medium=rss Sat, 25 Oct 2008 12:05:07 UTC 4364085 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4347976?utm_medium=rss Wed, 22 Oct 2008 06:57:45 UTC 4347976 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4277343?utm_medium=rss We have been suffering from wood smoke from our neighbors for over fifteen years. My family and I had never made any complaint about it because we thought that is just the way of life in Canada. We are really glad Vicki Morell started this petition.

]]> Tue, 7 Oct 2008 07:19:24 UTC 4277343 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4248414?utm_medium=rss Wed, 1 Oct 2008 07:21:44 UTC 4248414 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4222849?utm_medium=rss The fact that this pollution is not banned is an atrocity! I'm slowly been poisoned by my ignorant neighbors! Ban the burning!

]]> Fri, 26 Sep 2008 07:15:25 UTC 4222849 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4200726?utm_medium=rss Mon, 22 Sep 2008 08:24:24 UTC 4200726 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4177371?utm_medium=rss Clean air is THE most precious resource, essential for our survival and quality of life.
http://www.cleanairtas.com

]]> Thu, 18 Sep 2008 02:30:30 UTC 4177371 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4159438?utm_medium=rss Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:44:43 UTC 4159438 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4113452?utm_medium=rss Mon, 8 Sep 2008 11:32:08 UTC 4113452 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4079295?utm_medium=rss Wed, 3 Sep 2008 11:06:10 UTC 4079295 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4078905?utm_medium=rss Wed, 3 Sep 2008 10:02:38 UTC 4078905 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4076786?utm_medium=rss Tue, 2 Sep 2008 10:06:28 UTC 4076786 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4076265?utm_medium=rss Tue, 2 Sep 2008 06:44:14 UTC 4076265 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4076207?utm_medium=rss I believe everyone, homeowners & renters alike, must be considerate of others. They should take an honest look at what their own personal connection is to Air Quality, and must also look within, to seek an honest awareness and answer of How their individual actions are/aren't contributing to the problem of overall Smoke Pollution &/or Air Particulate Issues.

]]> Tue, 2 Sep 2008 06:19:31 UTC 4076207 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4075923?utm_medium=rss Tue, 2 Sep 2008 04:52:22 UTC 4075923 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4074164?utm_medium=rss Please do not advertize wood burning stoves or fireplaces on a petition which shows how lethal wood smoke is regardless of how the smoke is produced.

]]> Tue, 2 Sep 2008 09:52:24 UTC 4074164 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4071362?utm_medium=rss Lets all work together to make our earth more green.. we need a by-law to enforce the health hazards, and the pollution to make our homes a pleasant place to sit and relax without the smell of wood burning.

]]> Mon, 1 Sep 2008 03:24:09 UTC 4071362 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4071086?utm_medium=rss Mon, 1 Sep 2008 02:03:44 UTC 4071086 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4064302?utm_medium=rss I live in a neighbourhood where our local regional goverment allows beach fires. these fires burn all year . they have resulted in lung problems for myself and my neighbours. Ban firepits, Save our Air

]]> Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:47:24 UTC 4064302 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4062009?utm_medium=rss Urban smog comes from many sources. Think about your role in the problem... and the solution. Drive less, bike, walk, use a push mower.

]]> Fri, 29 Aug 2008 06:32:12 UTC 4062009 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4058124?utm_medium=rss Was smoked out by old stove and fireplace and ambient air in zero wind inversions. DEP and I estimated pm2.5 at 100 mcg/c.m. and a neighbor had an asthma attack and my daughter had an asthma attack. The Am Lung warned it could happen and it did.

]]> Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:24:06 UTC 4058124 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4056654?utm_medium=rss Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:56:46 UTC 4056654 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4055898?utm_medium=rss Please enforce the ban on smoke pollution. Enough is enough!

]]> Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:40:34 UTC 4055898 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4055343?utm_medium=rss Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:23:51 UTC 4055343 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4053784?utm_medium=rss Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:51:05 UTC 4053784 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4053238?utm_medium=rss Please come visit and talk about this issue on our Forum: http://burningissues.org/forum/phpBB2/login.php
To read the science of the dangers of wood smoke visit our website:BurningIssues.org and visit our sister sites listed on our front page and our links page.

]]> Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:37:49 UTC 4053238 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4052072?utm_medium=rss Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:29:37 UTC 4052072 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4051461?utm_medium=rss Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:59:27 UTC 4051461 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4051113?utm_medium=rss It's time that all municipalities face the fact that wood smoke is dangerous to the health of all. Ban wood burning and give us back the right to enjoy our homes and property!

]]> Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:22:09 UTC 4051113 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4050755?utm_medium=rss Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:18:12 UTC 4050755 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4050405?utm_medium=rss I FULLY SUPPORT YOU.

]]> Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:04:41 UTC 4050405 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4048736?utm_medium=rss Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:43:16 UTC 4048736 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4047960?utm_medium=rss Tue, 26 Aug 2008 07:57:32 UTC 4047960 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4044979?utm_medium=rss I am a spry 83 old woman who has lung problems as a result of second hand smoke from cigarettes.
If I were to be exposed to second hand smoke from a wood burning fireplace, I know that my health would be seriously affected. Second hand smoke in any form is not good for anyone-especially against their will.

]]> Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:12:55 UTC 4044979 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4042270?utm_medium=rss Tue, 26 Aug 2008 02:06:51 UTC 4042270 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4042064?utm_medium=rss Please take this form of second hand smoke seriously and enforce a ban.

]]> Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:05:15 UTC 4042064 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4042062?utm_medium=rss Clean air doesn't smell.

]]> Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:04:14 UTC 4042062 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4041888?utm_medium=rss If it has happened to us it can happen to you!
We have lived in our Vancouver home for almost 19 years. We have made many friends and love our neighbourhood. Recently, we have become bothered by a haze and a strong, terrible smoke odour in our neighborhood. We can't open a window let alone a door without our house been invaded by a strong, terrible smoke smell. Nobody should ever have to breath in even a hint of wood smoke - especially against their will.

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