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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Albert Toth

Health warning to now be issued with new wood-burning stoves

New wood-burning stoves will have stricter limits on smoke emissions and carry health warning labels under latest government plans.

Ministers have also proposed cutting the limit on smoke emitted from wood burners by 80 per cent in a bid to reduce the air pollution they produce. This would enforce a reduction from five grams per hour under the current rules to one gram per hour.

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