Clean Air 2 Breathe
@AirFairy04
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CLEAN AIR advocate/researcher. We need to breathe but don't need to pollute #AirPollution #CleanAir #LocalAQ #Health #Asthma #EllasLaw
London, Herts, UK
Joined October 2017
"Meeting these targets has the potential to deliver massive benefits to the country." Ben Pearce, Head of our Health Effects of Air Pollution programme, on the Government's new Environmental Improvement Plan: https://t.co/oPcWkWdPhi
airqualitynews.com
Ben Pearce, Head of the Health Effects of Air Pollution at Impact on Urban Health, welcomes ambitious air quality targets but says the harder work of delivery starts now. The Government’s new...
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The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned two advertising claims by the Stove Industry Association (SIA) after ruling that the trade body misled consumers about the environmental impact of modern wood-burning stoves. https://t.co/sxRydN0qgg
airqualitynews.com
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned two advertising claims by the Stove Industry Association (SIA) after ruling that the trade body misled consumers about the environmental impact of...
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"As an air pollution scientist, I get emails each winter from people whose homes are being filled by their neighbour's wood smoke. Many are desperately worried about the impact on their child's asthma or health of their relative" #AirPollution #Health
https://t.co/s4E2Q6iEyA
theguardian.com
Campaigners say figures reveal a lack of enforcement with just 24 fines issued by councils for rule violations
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"#AirPollution from wood burning stoves is cutting lives short & putting people in hospital-the #Health burden on the British public is simply too big to ignore" Global Action Plan, commissioned the analysis alongside Hertfordshire County Council. https://t.co/gytYcfdDt4
theguardian.com
Use of wood-burning stoves and fires in homes is mostly unnecessary and their toxic pollution costs the NHS millions
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Many people don't realise that using an open fire or log burner can TRIPLE the level of harmful pollution INSIDE & OUTSIDE our home. Burning releases PM2.5-the most worrying form of #AirPollution for our #Health, associated with causing damage to every organ in our bodies.
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Open fires and wood-burning stoves have risen in popularity over recent years. Smoke from burning causes air pollution which harms the health of millions. We can work together to improve the quality of the air we breathe. https://t.co/jKNFDF3x3f
#woodburning #airpollution
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Mandatory Wood-Burning Ban in Effect Saturday for South Coast Air Basin ‹ https://t.co/3hcS78AryP
coloradoboulevard.net
The South Coast Air Quality Management District (South Coast AQMD) has issued a mandatory wood-burning ban for all residents within the South Coast Air Basin. B
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@mwt2008 Out of the solid fuel burning properties near me (20-30 out of cca 200 houses; all started over past 8 yrs!) there’s only one chimney with no visible smoke. It still produces waves of invisible fumes which smell of wood smoke and irritate the airways. Definitely not “a solution”.
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I was experimenting with the new PurpleAir settings today and spotted something striking in #Brinscall . The annual PM2.5 #AirPollutuon level is only about 7 µg/m3… yet the particle count at 0.3 µm is one of the highest anywhere in #Chorley . That combination of low PM2.5 mass
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.@DoctorChrisVT air pollution vs ultra processed food. Both are bad but air pollution is slightly worse in this study ⬇️
When accounting for cardiovascular, respiratory, metabolic, neurological, and mental health impacts, #AirPollution is as bad — and possibly worse — than ultra-processed food in terms of total global disease burden. #UFP #Health
https://t.co/8ak9cqPxc0
https://t.co/jUS2hNV8Yl
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This winter, choose cleaner heat. Smoke from burning wood contains fine particles and pollutants that harm kids, seniors and those with respiratory conditions. #SpareTheAir #CleanAir
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"SCAs were designed to reduce visible smoke, not invisible PM2.5. Modern "Defra aporoved" & "EcoDesign" stoves are exempt. But even under ideal operating conditions they still emit significant levels of PM2.5-more than 300 times that of a gas boiler"
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The Clean Air Act 1956 enabled local authorities to create Smoke Control Areas - despite some alterations, this system has barely changed in almost 70yrs, SCAs cover very little of England, Wales & Scotland. #AirPollution #WoodBurning #Health
https://t.co/o3PW5L5ldy
theconversation.com
The UK wants cleaner air. But its rules are stuck in the age of smog.
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POV - you’ve just dropped your asthmatic primary age child off at school at 8am for athletics club. The school, no #airfilters ⬇️ stoves x3 #burning next to the playground #woodburning #pm25 @MayorofLondon @hackneycouncil @CanalRiverTrust @EllaRobertaFdn @dsawsp @CleanAirLondon
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@JillBelch @AirFairy04 It will be far higher because they have limited their assessment to a small subset of health impacts which excludes mental health impacts such as dementia.
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#solar - world's cheapest power
energylivenews.com
University of Surrey researchers say solar is driving the global shift to clean energy as costs continue to fall
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Ella’s Fdn is campaigning for #EllasLaw to be included in the King’s speech (2026). The public must write to @Keir_Starmer, only he can do it. All CYP have the right to breathe Clean Air. Clean water became a Human Right in 2010. 2026 is the 70th anniversary of the Clean Air Act.
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@earloflondon @KarinaKanepe @NbrsVsWoodSmoke @zoeharcombe Question. When scientists forecast flood risks do they ONLY look at the entire rainfall for the whole country? Or do they predict local rainfall? The overall/average is meaningless when you live next door to a wood burning stove. We need monitoring to show the health issues.
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