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Posted Sun Jun 7 2009: from Montreal Gazette: Wood stoves blamed for worsening air quality http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1244395262 The number of days of poor air quality on Montreal Island shot up to 68 last year from 44 days during 2007, the city's air-quality watchdogs said Saturday. The Reseau de surveillance de la qualite de l'air, or RSQA, placed the blame for that deteriorating air-quality performance squarely on fine-particulate air pollution -- largely caused by the use of residential wood heat. "The contribution of wood heat to fine-particulate emissions continues to grow and amounted in 2006 to about 61 per cent of the total estimated emissions," the body's freshly released eight-page annual report for 2008 states. [Read more stories about: rights of nature] New!: No reader quips yet -- be the first! Got a PaniQuip? Your Quip (limit 140 characters, no links, just wit): First name: The text shown in the Web image to the right: We reserve the right to reuse, remove, or refuse any entry.

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