Compounding effects of smoke exposure?

I was speaking with a resident and she mentioned that she could smell and feel smoke particles in her throat and chest as a result of wood burning activity at Artichoke woodfire pizza, 6 The Strand Penshurst.

This got me thinking where current TV ads run by the government re-enforce a message that every cigarette is doing you damage and combined with the information I found online that shows wood burning smoke discharge contains over 100 chemicals found in cigarette smoke.

http://www.esc.nsw.gov.au/site/Publications/Strategies/PolicyReg/LivePolicyDocs%5C2088.pdf

I will quote again from this document.

Many of these compounds are common with those seen in tobacco smoke or car
exhausts. In fact, over 100 chemicals found in cigarette smoke have also been
identified in woodsmoke.

 This is quite disconcerting as when you tie in another thread of passive smoking. Which is one reason why many premises no longer allow smoking indoors.

So clearly what is alarming are the compounding negative health affects after years and years of being exposed to the discharge of smoke from six days of commercial wood burning activity. This is not just a one of infrequent event such as a once per month BBQ.

If this is activity and level of waste discharge is ongoing I believe we need to have records of how much wood is being burnt, we need to record the particulates being emitted, we need to understand if there is a safe limit of six days per week of passive wood fire smoke inhalation. And what is the responsibility of the emitter of pollutants to affected parties.

A cigarette tobacco weight is approx 1 gram. We are well aware that the smoke from this one gram of tobacco being burned can travel a significant distance. The hundreds of kilos of wood being burned six days per week is a daunting statistic to consider. Especially as I am in the position of being a home buyer and plan to be here for the long term. We have residents in my building who have lived here happily for over 20 years some in excess of 25 years.


Best Regards
Mark Koscak