"The particulate emissions rate per minute from one beach bonfire is equal to that from:
- Three average big-rig diesel trucks; or
- The secondhand smoke from 800 cigarettes. Wood smoke contains many of the same toxic chemicals as secondhand cigarette smoke."
"Smoke does disperse and is diluted as it travels downwind from a fire pit. An air quality model indicates that the concentration of PM2.5, the key harmful ingredient in wood smoke, decreases by about 98 percent at a distance of 700 feet from a fire pit, SCAQMD officials said."
Why do we allow backyard fire pits?
