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What's in the smoke? Outdoor Wood-Burning Boilers in Indiana

OWBs and Your Health

IDEM & EPA wish for us to believe, before you believe READ about Phase II Hydronic Heaters (OWB’s)You and your families HEALTH.

New Rule passed May 18th 2011 embraces Phase II questionable OWB’s and does not provide a NUISANCE Provision to protect Hoosiers, Why?

We have taken down the efficiency column from this web site. Please bear with us while we review this issue.

Footage of Phase II Hydronic Heaters that IDEM and the EPA are pushing but took out the efficiency column!

2.5 fine particles (diameters less than 2.5microns) are considered to pose the greatest health risk because they can travel and lodge deep within the lung, Children are at greater risk from exposure to air pollution, including fine particles.

The Dangers to Health from Outdoor Wood Furnaces

Woodriver Elementary gets experimental ventilation upgrade to fight area's air pollution

State of Oregon Department of Environmental Quality Memorandum

BURDEN OF ASTHMA IN INDIANA: In Indiana, the estimated economic cost attributed to asthma-related hospitalization was $122 million in 2009. The estimated cost of asthma-related emergency department visits was $46 million

Outdoor Air Testing Downwind of an Outdoor Wood Boiler

Peer reviewed article attached on why regulations cannot protect people's health from outdoor wood furnaces - also known as outdoor wood boilers

EHHI: The Dangers to Health from Outdoor Wood Furnaces

Environment and Human Health, Inc.'s research report shows that outdoor wood furnaces are dangerous to people's health, even when in compliance with state regulations.

Strong Link Between Diabetes and Air Pollution Found in National U.S. Study

"Health effects assessment of exposure to particles from wood smoke" Department of Toxicology and Risk Assessment,Danish Environmental Protection Agency (Danish EPA)

April edition of the Wood Smoke Activist

Transcript of Podcast: Interview with Janet McCabe, Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator for EPA's Office of Air and Radiation

OWBs and the Law:

State-by-state OWB regulations

Contact the Laporte County Commissioners

Recent suit against an OWB in Michigan Oct 13, 2009

Iowa Attorney General Asks Manufacturers

Local Comments on Issue:

Anvil Chorus

Local Newspaper Articles:

The Boston Globe - Environment and Human Health, Inc.'s Research Shows Outdoor Wood Furnaces Are Dangerous to People's Health

Wood Stoves in Laporte Map:

Out Door Wood Fired Boilers Registered in LaPorte County as of May 2010; MAP

OWBs and Your Health:

Contribution of Wood Smoke to

Particle Matter Levels in Connecticut

Iowa's take on OWBs

The Enviromental Protection Agency on OWBs and
Respiratory Diseases

The American Lung Association: "Woodburning is an air pollution problem"

OWBs and Your Money:

Property Values Decline Because of Neighbors Who Use Wood-Burning Boilers

OWB's save you money, and other myths

Vermont's FAQ about OWBs

More articles about OWBs, updated regularly

Other OWB Sites:

Burning Issues of Clean Air Revival

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