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- Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, May 5, 2015, Biomass Magazine

- by Dr. Dorothy Robinson, Woodsmoke.3sc.net 

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PM2.5 penetrate the deepest recesses of our lungs.  As well as causing lung disease, PM2.5 can enter the bloodstream and transport the toxins in air pollution all round the body, causing inflammation, heart disease, cancers, dementia, genetic damage in babies, increased risk of childhood asthma, autism, reduced IQ when children start school and attention problems.

- by Shirley Brandie, WoodBurnerSmoke.net

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We were told that it was an issue to be dealt with at the municipal level. Approaching the municipality and asking for help gave us more sympathy but no action.