“The message we’re trying to send isn’t that burning wood is bad, but that it can be done cleanly,” he said. “First and foremost, we ask people to make sure they’re burning dry, seasoned wood, not ‘green’ wood.”
Another way to help fix the problem is by encouraging residents to upgrade their old wood stoves, Scott said.
“The new ones are more efficient and burn more cleanly,” he said. “Plus you get the full BTU (British Thermal Unit) value of the wood, which means you burn less.”
The excerpt above is from a New Hampshire Sentinel Source article titled Poor Air Quality may Affect Growth. The entire article can be found here.
