US EditionCouncils in the UK Face Industry Legal Threats for Campaigns Warning Against Wood-Burning Stoves
The Stove Industry Association challenged at least eight UK councils over health warnings on wood-burning stoves, with wood burning linked to 2,500 UK deaths annually, researchers say.
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Councils in the UK face industry legal threats for campaigns warning against wood-burning stoves
As the UK government considers adding health warnings to new wood-burning stoves, as part of a public consultation on solid fuel burning, councils in England are being threatened with legal action for running public health campaigns warning against their use, reveals an investigation published in The BMJ. Freedom of Information requests show that just under a third of the 50 councils in England with the highest concentration of wood-burning stov…
Hythe Wood-Burner Pollution: Folkestone & Hythe District Council Challenged Over UCL Data
At Tuesday 3 March’s Overview & Scrutiny Committee, a revealing exchange played out over domestic wood burners and air quality in Hythe. Councillor Paul Thomas recalled a previous air-quality report and said Hythe had been “picked out as being an outlier”. Cabinet member Cllr Stephen Scoffham responded that the analysis was “very crude” because it was based on certificates issued when a wood burner was installed: it did not show what type of app…
Councils threatened with legal action over clean air campaigns
Councils across England are being threatened with legal action by the stove industry for running public health campaigns warning about the dangers of wood burning, a BMJ investigation has found. Freedom of information requests sent to the 50 local authorities with the highest concentration of wood burning stoves revealed that nearly a third had faced pressure from the Stove Industry Association (SIA). Tactics included letters threatening legal a…
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