St. Lawrence County, NY (pop. 111,931) has determined that approximately 50% of the rural households use a "burn barrel" to dispose of trash. This equates to almost 10,000 burn barrels and represents a potentially significant source of highly toxic combustion byproducts that are being emitted into the air in a completely unregulated manner, causing unknown health effects. The County will be embarking on a public awareness program to discourage people from using open burning as a disposal method and instead use other, more acceptable means.