Healthy Hearths Press Room

On this page, you will find lots of information and resources regarding our Healthy Hearths program; wood-burning facts from other environmental agencies, studies and links to air quality districts throughout California that have adopted similar regulations.

If you are a member of the media and you have further questions about the Healthy Hearths program, please contact us at HealthyHearths@aqmd.gov.

• Gas log purchase incentive program
• Healthy Hearths Rule 445 summary (PDF File, 45k)

Information on wood burning from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA):

• Burn Wise
• EPA residential wood-burning consumer information sheet (PDF File, 269.94k)

Information on Wood Burning from the California Air Resources Board (CARB):

• Resources and information on wood burning
• Health effects of in-home pollutants
• Wood-burning handbook (PDF File, 919k)

Other California air pollution control districts that have also adopted wood-burning regulations:

• Bay Area Air Quality Management District
• Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District
• San Joaquin Air Pollution Control District
• Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District
• Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District

Studies and research on wood smoke health hazards:

• Woodsmoke Health Effects: A Review  - published in the professional journal Inhalation Toxicology (to download .pdf version, click here) (PDF File, 1,971k)