Dear Mr Schaap (EPA Director) et al,
There needs to be a warning system for health sufferers.
The whole road from St Marys to the Midlands Highway is polluted and further burns in the state need to be halted as smoke is thick and the whole state is at risk of fumigation if more are lit.
What is the burnload for each of the burns today and why is there no health notification yet?
Weather in the east was still and cloudy so ventilation index is questionable.
These planned burns are excessive, cause mass passive smoking, and need to be stopped and prevented.
Yours sincerely,
Angelika Allen
Quality Air Tasmania
Meanwhile, elsewhere:
• Hi all,
Just an update to our victory on September 12th http://www.windsorstar.com/levied+wood+burning/5410916/story.html
Council heard my motion of September 26th and it was tied until the mayor cast his vote and then it was lost.
It followed immediately with another motion that will send it to Administration, the Fire Dept. and the Building Dept.
Ron Giofu from the Amherstburg Echo was in touch with me and he has put an article in the Amherstburg Echo. http://www.amherstburgecho.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3321951
This is pretty amazing as small town newspapers don’t usually come on this strong about any issue. Hopefully, it will bring some people who are fighting wood smoke out in the open.
I think it will stun the mayor and a couple of councillors… and that might be a good thing, leaving them not much choice but to deal with residential wood smoke at last.
Shirley
http://WoodBurnerSmoke.net
