Your heater may be harming your health. What are your safest choices?

There are endless ways to heat your home, but not all of them are equally effective – some may even be harming your health. We now have a dizzying array of heating technologies to consider, besides the fire that warmed our ancestors. Salespeople will highlight any number of features and minor conveniences.

You will be made aware of limited-offer discounts, product warranties, trends in certain Nordic countries , or their low cost (at least in the short-term). What you are less likely to read on the box is, well, the stuff that really matters: the long-term effects on your health and the health of your family , your neighbours and the environment . Yes, a heater should keep you warm affordably.

After all, a warm home is vital for your health. But would you run a heater that you knew was increasing the likelihood of your child developing asthma , your partner developing lung cance r, and your neighbour or your grandparent suffering a stroke or heart attack?.