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Outdoor wood boiler law delayed

(10/25/10) Environmental officials unexpectedly delayed a proposed law limiting the use of wood boilers in northern New York.

The outdoor furnaces have been found to disperse ash and other particulate matter known to cause cancer. And many people have complained about low-lying smoke from the wood boilers.

As Jonathan Brown reports, the DEC wants people to change their boilers--and the way they use them.

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