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fireplace
chimney
carbon monoxides
vegetable oils
[2005]
[Attendee]
Well, this isn't really having anything to do with food, but I was wondering about like fireplaces and stuff like that. If you're burning logs, and papers if that's gives off like toxic?
[Aajonus]
It gives off a lot of carbon monoxide depending upon what you're burning. If you're burning [unclear] there's heavy oils and there's a lot more tars as well as the carbon monoxide.
Chimney area should have a glass in front of it and have good circulation, so the smoke and gas doesn't come into the house. And most of the lawns are the firewood that they own.
[Aajonus]
A lot of them are treated.
[Attendee #2]
What are they treated with?
[Aajonus]
They treat it with substances, dried out, some kind of solvent.
[Attendee]
And they don't necessarily have to say that? Like they don't- obviously it's all green.
[Aajonus]
No, you're not eating it. So yeah, no restrictions.
