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 ====== Why Not to Light a Bonfire ====== ====== Why Not to Light a Bonfire ======
  
-It is soon the time of the year again, when social media messages are piling up in your ‘virtual inbox’ advising you to check your garden woodpile for hedgehogs before you start a bonfire. And you certainly should, if you really cannot live without a bonfire wiping out a whole mini ecosystem, annoying your neighbours, causing asthma attacks and polluting the environment.+{{ :fire.jpeg?200|}}It is soon the time of the year again, when social media messages are piling up in your ‘virtual inbox’ advising you to check your garden woodpile for hedgehogs before you start a bonfire. And you certainly should, if you really cannot live without a bonfire wiping out a whole mini ecosystem, annoying your neighbours, causing asthma attacks and polluting the environment.
  
 Bonfires, campfires and fireworks are a known and recognised source of air pollution. Burning wood releases a large number of compounds, including nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, particulate matters, benzene and many other potentially toxic volatile organic compounds. Wood fires also release large amounts of carbon dioxide, which is a potent greenhouse gas. Unfortunately, fires are occasionally stacked with old painted boards or other junk, which can produce dioxins and furans, in particular when burnt at low temperatures. These toxins can pose a serious health risk. A significant share of the UK’s annual dioxin emissions are released by Bonfire Night celebrations, which also create a spike in levels of other pollutants as fireworks and bonfire smoke fill the sky. Bonfires, campfires and fireworks are a known and recognised source of air pollution. Burning wood releases a large number of compounds, including nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, particulate matters, benzene and many other potentially toxic volatile organic compounds. Wood fires also release large amounts of carbon dioxide, which is a potent greenhouse gas. Unfortunately, fires are occasionally stacked with old painted boards or other junk, which can produce dioxins and furans, in particular when burnt at low temperatures. These toxins can pose a serious health risk. A significant share of the UK’s annual dioxin emissions are released by Bonfire Night celebrations, which also create a spike in levels of other pollutants as fireworks and bonfire smoke fill the sky.
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