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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Gary Fuller

Map reveals residential wood-burning hotspots in England and Wales

A wood-fire burner
The Isles of Scilly had the highest proportion of homes with burners, while Newham in east London had the lowest. Photograph: David Levene/The Guardian

Burning wood at home adds more particle pollution to the UK’s air than the exhausts of all of the vehicles on its roads, but there is very little information on where this burning takes place and who is most affected.

To address this knowledge gap, researchers have produced the first high-resolution map of wood burning in England and Wales.

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