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Domestic
smoke emissions Smoke / chimney or flue emissions from the combustion of fuel used for home heating is a mixture of carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, water (vapour and droplets), particles which stay suspended in air, sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, metals (vapour and attached to particles), dioxins (plus furans and PCB's), benzene, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, as well as other substances. Table of emissions (figures are: from the UK national emissions inventory www.naei.org.uk; from recent government measurements taken in the UK or where est - esitmated is deduced from various sources). Also see table content details . Note that wood smoke emissions vary a lot depending upon burning method.
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