Warning over indoor wood burners after eight-year study

Despite concerns about their impact on health and the environment, more than 150,000 new wood burners are sold every year - (Getty)

Burning wood indoors could cause damage akin to cigarette smoke, researchers have warned, after a new study linked the growing popularity of domestic wood burning to lung damage.

Wood burning stoves have grown in popularity across Europe. In the UK, experts state domestic wood burning is a major source of PM2.5 air pollution – tiny particles that penetrate deep into the lungs.