Before tossing those aromatic wood chips on the barbecue, using the fireplace to celebrate that first brisk fall day, or lighting a campfire in the great outdoors, you might want to consider this: Wood smoke can literally take your breath away.
"As many as 30,000 lives are lost every year because of wood smoke," said Mary Rozenberg, president of Burning Issues, a nonprofit organization focusing on wood smoke pollution.
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