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Christine Cowie, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Safe Air, Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, Macquarie University; Senior Research Fellow, South West Sydney Clinical School, UNSW Sydney

Snug but unsafe: your heater may be harming your health. What are your safest choices?

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We now have a dizzying array of heating technologies to consider, besides the fire that warmed our ancestors.

Salespeople will highlight any number of features and minor conveniences. You will be made aware of limited-offer discounts, product warranties, trends in certain Nordic countries, or their low cost (at least in the short-term). What you are less likely to read on the box is, well, the stuff that really matters: the long-term effects on your health and the health of your family, your neighbours and the environment.

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