{"id":18896,"date":"2021-01-07T18:55:23","date_gmt":"2021-01-07T23:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carexcanada.ca\/?p=18896"},"modified":"2023-05-24T12:58:14","modified_gmt":"2023-05-24T16:58:14","slug":"the-burning-question-how-to-tackle-air-pollution-and-health-threats-from-wood-stoves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carexcanada.ca\/fr\/the-burning-question-how-to-tackle-air-pollution-and-health-threats-from-wood-stoves\/","title":{"rendered":"The burning question: How to tackle air pollution and health threats from wood stoves?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=\u00a0\u00bb1&Prime; _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb3.22&Prime; collapsed=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb][et_pb_row _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb3.25&Prime; background_size=\u00a0\u00bbinitial\u00a0\u00bb background_position=\u00a0\u00bbtop_left\u00a0\u00bb background_repeat=\u00a0\u00bbrepeat\u00a0\u00bb][et_pb_column type=\u00a0\u00bb4_4&Prime; _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb3.25&Prime; 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