Wood smoke makes children sick and causes them to miss school. Wood smoke contains many gases and chemicals including many carcinogens. Carcinogens in wood smoke contain many of the same carcinogens that are in cigarettes. The EPA warns that there is no safe level of these carcinogens. Breathing them increases your risk of cancer.
Wood smoke contains hundreds of chemicals. .
Wood smoke also contains lead, cadmium and arsenic. Even unburned sawdust is listed as a human carcinogen Group 1. Wood smoke can damage sperm and cause birth defects. Wood smoke particles are very tiny. Picture of wood particle taken out of a women's lung is on our website.