Editorial-March 2012 Newsletter
March … At last the end of winter is in sight! Many people are hoping that warm weather returns with a vengeance so the smoke that fills their yards and houses will end. Not so, as most of you know. The die-hard burner will continue to pour out the smoke until he begins to see that he is looking like a fool burning in the warmth of the sun.
This is an excellent time to get a package ready for your town councilors and mayor so that they will have the information necessary to see that residential wood smoke is truly a health hazard. In this package you should include plenty of photos of the smoke you are forced to live with and information that shows what is in wood smoke and how it affects the health of all who are forced to breathe it. There is plenty of information on my web site: http://WoodBurnerSmoke.net that you can print out to include in your packages.
It also would be a good time to get on the list of speakers for a council meeting. You can tell them first-hand what you have gone through and perhaps show some pictures of the smoke surrounding your home and property. Pictures can be your best evidence that something needs to be done to help you and others who are affected by residential wood smoke. What you are looking to achieve is a ‘nuisance smoke’ bylaw so that when smoke is invading your home and property you will have a means to have it stopped.
Waiting and hoping that your mayor and council members will do something is not going to happen without input from you. Trust me. I know. Had I not found some council members that heard what I had to say and did their own investigating there would never have been a bylaw being created. Start now because creating a bylaw takes time and you don’t want or need to spend another winter doused in a neighbor’s smoke!
Shirley Brandie
Source: The Wood Smoke Activist Network
March 2012 Newsletter
Editor: Shirley Brandie
http://WoodBurnerSmoke.net
http://canadiancleanairalliance.ca
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