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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ella Pickover

Indoor wood burners cause damage ‘in a similar way to cigarette smoke’

A new study has linked indoor wood burner use to a decline in lung function (Alamy/PA) -

Burning wood indoors could cause damage in a similar way 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 in Europe.

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