Air District Highly Discourages Burning Wood Over Christmas

Though a Spare the Air alert is not successful effect, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District inactive powerfully discourages residents from burning wood successful fireplaces implicit the Christmas vacation weekend.

Wood burning tin importantly impact the aerial prime successful homes and astir neighborhoods, the aerial territory said. The good particles and carcinogens recovered successful wood fume contamination tin particularly wounded children, older adults and those with respiratory problems.

"While we are excited to stitchery with our loved ones this year, foregoing a occurrence successful the fireplace volition support aerial prime for our families, friends and neighbors," Jack Broadbent, enforcement serviceman of the Air District, said successful a statement. "Increased wood burning astir the holidays tin pb to precocious levels of aerial contamination that tin origin superior wellness effects to Bay Area residents. With your help, we tin support our aerial cleanable and bask a healthier vacation season."

The aerial territory besides reminds residents that burning wrapping paper, trash and scrap wood is illegal. Wrapping paper's ink, integrative movie and metallic finishes merchandise toxic fumes into homes erstwhile burned.

Residents tin larn much astir aerial prime and Spare the Air alerts by visiting www.sparetheair.org oregon www.baaqmd.gov.