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Daybreak Montreal | Feb 14, 2013 | 8:34

Smog from fireplaces and wood stoves

Montreal is headed for a record number of smog days this winter. Environment Canada says half of the winter smog comes from fireplaces and wood stoves. The town of Kirkland tells people a wood stove burning for nine hours emits as many fine particles as a car does in one year. We speak to the mayor of Kirkland and a West Island woman who lives with asthma.

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