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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Daniel Keane

Wood-burning stoves should be banned in London due to ‘big impact’ on air pollution, expert urges

A ban on wood- burning stoves should be considered in London as they are having a “big impact” on air pollution, health experts have said.

Professor Frank Kelly, professor of community health and policy at Imperial College London, called on policymakers to be “more inventive and progressive” in their approach to wood burners and said it is something “which could be legislated against” to protect the health of Londoners.

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