She notes that the study determines the health benefit potential of HEPA filters in wood-burning communities.PoteraCarolEnvironmental Health Perspectives
Searching online reveals that there have been some overseas studies on use of air filters for combating air pollution. In Canada, portable air cleaners reduced particulates in homes using wood stoves, and there were improvements to residents’ blood vessels, suggesting the filters might decrease the...
Moreover, formaldehyde can result from smoking or incomplete combustion associated with gas stoves or wood-burning fireplaces [11]. Besides residential homes, workplaces can also be a relevant environment for exposure to formaldehyde [12,13]. For US residences, formaldehyde has been estimated to ...