Efforts to decrease the use of wood stoves and wood-burning fireplaces in Portland seem to have had little effect, according ...

We found that 38.7% of the lung cancer patients examined were nonsmokers with a history of continuous wood smoke exposure for = 10 years. They were mostly women living in rural areas in poverty ...

Did you know that Americans spend around 90% of their time indoors? One of the easiest ways you can keep your indoor air clean this winter is by not burning wood. As a respiratory therapist, I can ...

While the Village’s Clean Air Task Force recently voted to use its $23,000 in funding to bolster the Community Wood Smoke Reduction Program – a provincial funding stream which partially covers ...

Fine particles in wood smoke, also known as particulate matter or PM2.5, can get deep into the lungs and cause respiratory problems such as asthma. Residents can receive no-burn day notifications ...

The aim of the present work was to establish an association between wood smoke exposure and lung cancer pathogenesis, and to analyze the effects of wood smoke on p53 and murine double minute 2 ...