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Old 09-04-2007, 09:51 PM
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Default Re: TOXIC AIR QUALITY???

Another issue about toxic air quality has to do with open burning. Unless there is a ban on open burning because of fire danger, it is permitted in FL. There have been many times when the smoke from open burning as trees and brush is cut and burned with smoke lingering over parts of TV for hours. Several years ago the extensive forest fires in So. Georgia and No. Florida created awful smoke conditions in TV and all of central FL for weeks.

While the American Lung Association has spoken out about second hand smoke from tobacco and laws have been enacted that prohibit smoking in many public places, they refuse to take a position against open burning. I know many folks who suffer from COPD who wont go outdoors when the smoke from open burning hits TV.