This may include adverts from us and 3 rd parties based on our understanding. These stoves are estimated to cause more than a third - 38 per cent - of PM 2.5, a deadly form of air particles linked to lung cancer, strokes, heart attacks and dementia. Jemima Hartshorn, founder of the campaign group, said: It's like wolf in sheep's clothing. Even so-called eco-stoves emit much more pollution than diesel HGVs – and you wouldn't want them in your living room. A total of 18,600 complaints have been made to councils in the last six years but only 19 fines have been issued, a Freedom of Information request revealed. The number of complaints last year was 5,500.
Aimee Hazel Agombar, of Winchester, said: "When our neighbours illuminate their log burners our house becomes enveloped in toxic smoke. I feel total despair at times. Asthma sufferer Graham Turnbull, of Sheffield, says local wood burners push up PM 2.5 levels to 15 times what the World Health Organization considers safe. He said: We have had to install two expensive air purifiers that run 24 hr.