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Letter: For the record {18 June 2022}

Published 15 June 2022

Wood burning costs the EU and UK €13 billion a year in health-related costs and is responsible for 48 per cent of health costs from air pollution due to fossil fuels and wood burned in homes for heating or cooking (9 April, p 22).

Monkeypox, despite its name, usually spreads among animals such as rodents in parts of Africa (28 May, p 8).

Issue no. 3391 published 18 June 2022

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