PEDIATRICS Vol. 71 No. 1 January 1983, pp. 126-128
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Infant Respiratory Illness and Indoor Air Pollution from a Woodburning Stove

RICHARD E. HONICKY MD1, C. AMECHI AKPOM MD, PHD, MPH1, and J. SCOTT OSBORNE MA1

1 Departments of Pediatrics and Human Development, Community Science, and Anthropology, Michigan State University, College of Human Medicine, East Lansing

With the increasing cost of fossil fuel, woodburning stoves have become popular as a primary source of residential heating. In New England alone, the number of homes with woodburning stoves doubled in the 5-year period 1976 to 1981; it is estimated that two thirds of all New England homes use wood for some energy.1 Cooper2 reported that 51% of the respirable (< 2.5µm) air-pollutant particulates (35 µg/m3) in a Portland, Oregon residential area were from residential wood combustion sources. A family furnace burning 0.5 x 106 BTU of natural gas per day replaced by a woodburning stove of 50% efficiency would emit between 10 to 1,000 times more carbon monoxide, benzopyrene, and respirable particulates than other residential fuels.




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