Don't burn where we breathe

Brussels has a smoking problem- wood smoke. If you can smell smoke you are breathing in fine particles (PM2.5) that can penetrate deep into your lungs and cause damage to all organs of your body- including your brain.

Si vous avez le choix, n’utilisez pas de chauffage au bois.

Recent news…

Recent news…

English news items:

Air pollution: Wood burners more polluting than traffic – Birmingham research 10/12/2024

Wood burners are bad for you. Here’s why you didn’t notice 30/09/2025

Warning over indoor wood burners after eight-year study | The Independent 30/09/2025

Wood burners linked to 2,500 deaths a year in the UK, analysis finds | Air pollution | The Guardian 23/10/2025

Wood burning stoves: pollution and health impacts – Which? 28/10/2025

What the Air You Breathe May Be Doing to Your Brain – The New York Times 01/11/2025

We have to talk about home heating – The Irish Times 27/11/2025

Is your trendy wood-burning stove making you fat? 04/01/2026

New wood-burning stoves to carry health warnings in UK plan | Air pollution | The Guardian 22/01/2026

Burning candles dementia alert says new scientific study 31/01/2026

Wood burners may treble children’s exposure to pollution in homes, study finds 06/02/2026

France is outlawing open fireplaces. Britain could be next 11/02/2026

Brussels based news items:

«La population vit dans un air dangereux»: l’appel de 100 médecins belges contre la pollution – Le Soir 20/11/2017 (Unfortunately the situation with wood-fire burners has only gotten worse since this time)

Polluting wood-burning stoves on the rise: ‘Sales have doubled’ | BRUZZ 21/05/2022

Poêles, barbecues, qualité de l’air… “Il faut pouvoir faire évoluer nos pratiques” : le débat s’invite au conseil communal de Boitsfort – La DH/Les Sports+ 22/10/2025

Pollution par le chauffage au bois : bénévoles recherchés pour interpeller les autorités communales | BRAL vzw 29/02/2026

Fine particle pollution exceeds threshold in Brussels 03/02/2026