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Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0562-0005
Document Type: Public Submission
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Received Date: September 08 2008, at 11:21 AM Eastern Daylight Time
Date Posted: September 9 2008, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Start Date: September 2 2008, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Due Date: October 2 2008, at 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time
Tracking Number: 806f9922
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I HAVE AN OUTDOOR WOOD BOILER, ABOUT 2000 FT. FROM MY HOUSE THAT FORCES ME TO SLEEP ELSEWHERE 2-3 TIMES A WEEK IN THE WINTER BECAUSE THE WOODSMOKE GETS INTO MY CLOSED WINDOWS AND DOORS AND SMOKES OUT MY HOUSE AND MY 5 ACRE LOT. MY HUSBAND, A BROWN UNIVERSITY GRAD AND LAWYER, HAD TO HAVE TWO LUNG SCANS FOR A SPOT ON HIS LUNG AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CHRONIC BRONCHITIS AFTER THE OUTDOOR WOOD BOILER WAS PUT IN. THERE IS ANOTHER OUTDOOR WOOD BOILER BEING PUT IN NEAR ME. GO TO WWW.BURNINGISSUES.ORG, A WEBSITE PERSONALLY FINANCED BY ANOTHER WOMAN WHOSE HUSBAND GOT CANCER AND SHE BECAME ILL FROM WOODSMOKE. YOU WILL LEARN THAT WOODSMOKE IS 12 TIMES MORE CANCEROUS THAN CIGARETTE SMOKE. WHY ARE YOU NOT BANNING OUTDOOR WOOD BOILERS? THEY ARE CREATING WOODSMOKE THAT KILLS PEOPLE, BASED ON MY PERSONAL OBSERVATION AND IN MY OPINION. I WOULD LIKE OUTDOOR WOOD BOILERS BANNED OUTRIGHT BEFORE MORE PEOPLE LOSE THEIR LIVES AND THEIR HEALTH.

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