2011 July 11: ME: Amer. Lung Assoc. on families in Maine frustrated by air pollution from outdoor wood furnaces
here’s a good opinion piece from the American Lung Association, New England Chapter. Published yesterday at: http://www.kjonline.com/opinion/letters/no-process-for-resolving-air-pollution-problems_2011-07-09.html
The point is well made and the problem is nation-wide. We all need a process for resolving the smoke problem. It might help if the existing laws were actually enforced for nuisance (local) and air pollution (state).
No process for resolving air pollution problems
No one likes to get the bureaucratic run-around when they call on their government at the state or local level about a problem.
So when the American Lung Association in Maine began getting calls from frustrated families who could not get a straight answer to their complaint about a potential lung health hazard we took notice.
The common problem these families were facing was wood smoke from a neighbor’s outdoor wood furnace coming into their home.
You would expect that there would be some agreed-upon process for resolving this kind of problem. If a neighbor’s septic tank is overflowing onto your lawn there are certain specific actions that rapidly take place regardless of where you live in the state. This not the case with air pollution
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