It is True that firewood is bad for babies and people with asthma?!
Question: It is True that firewood is bad for babies and people with asthma.?
We have a fireplace at home and we like to fire some firewood in winter time and we have babies and my husband is asthmatic and I'd hear that the smoke that the firewood produce is bad for the babies and people with asthma.Is that true.?What we should do just stop using the fireplaceHealth Question & Answer
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Sad but true, burning wood of any type in an open fireplace does put off a significant amount of toxins into your home. The faster and hotter you burn your fire, and the dryer the wood, the less toxins it will put out, but it is going to put out a significant amount during the start and burn down of the flame when the smoke is the blackest.
Our fireplace use to bother some of our relatives when we lit it up at Thanksgiving so we resorted to plugging the flue with a chimney balloon and burning soy candles in the fire box to still get some flickery ambiance.
Since this also fixed the issue of the drafty fireplace we have just kept with this method. We were not letting so much heat out the chimney this way and we still enjoyed the fireplace.Health Question & Answer
Our fireplace use to bother some of our relatives when we lit it up at Thanksgiving so we resorted to plugging the flue with a chimney balloon and burning soy candles in the fire box to still get some flickery ambiance.
Since this also fixed the issue of the drafty fireplace we have just kept with this method. We were not letting so much heat out the chimney this way and we still enjoyed the fireplace.Health Question & Answer
Of course smoke, not matter what type, is bad for babies and people with asthma. I myself have asthma and have lived with a fireplace but it hasn't bothered me. Just as long as there is no smoke getting into the house. Keep the chimney clean.Health Question & Answer
I don't know for sure, but it probably depends on the wood used.
I have severe allergies with nearly any kind of wood being burned. I'm sure it would have a similar effect on asthma sufferers.Health Question & Answer
I have severe allergies with nearly any kind of wood being burned. I'm sure it would have a similar effect on asthma sufferers.Health Question & Answer
Yes ,also the ash.Health Question & Answer
yes it is. Wood smoke has carbon dioxide in it, and some other chemicals..Health Question & Answer