Marie-Louise Jensen 🇪🇺
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Author of fiction for young people. Lecturer, linguist. European. 🇩🇰🇬🇧🇪🇺 #banwoodburners
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Joined October 2011
Wood heating could be worse than thought for rural air, study suggests.
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Research at Slovenian village finds particle pollution once air settles in valley reaches levels of the most polluted cities
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Check out the first of my Norsevember posts, Ten Children’s Books inspired by Norse Mythology and the Vikings https://t.co/zW6VsyRZwK
#Norsevember #Vikings #childrensbooks #mythology #mythsandlegends
@CressidaCowell @ClaireFayers @survivalguide @tbradman @jensen_ml @BlogSpells
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Check out the second of my Norsevember posts, Ten Young Adult Books inspired by Norse Mythology and the Vikings https://t.co/SM1Pub1gNg
#Norsevember #yabooks #youngadult #Vikings #mythsandlegends
@philip_caveney @BlogSpells @jensen_ml @RachelABurge @sue_purkiss @KathLangrish
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people who burn wood are subjecting themselves – and their neighbourhoods – to high levels of the most dangerous small particulate pollution, PM2.5, which can work its way deep into the body, causing a range of severe health issues
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Charity says research dispels myth that wood burning, which has health risks, is a cheaper energy option
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Fires are the most polluting way to heat British homes this winter
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Solid fuels are the second largest source of airborne particle pollution in the UK, leading to the early deaths of an estimated 284 Londoners a year
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.@dpcarrington @DrGaryFuller @fionaharvey I would love to see a Guardian article about how and why solid fuel stoves became exempt from smoke control areas in the 1993 clean air act. Lobbying and or lack of scientific understanding? #AirPollution #health
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Arsenic found in London air raises fears over use of waste wood as fuel
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Many people warming homes with wood from construction sites unaware of health risks, say experts
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And not just in affluent areas. In poorer areas many people are burning treated wood.
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Rise in UK wood-burners likely to be creating ‘pollution hotspots’ in affluent areas
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Pollution from wood stoves, popular among middle classes, missed from monitoring which focuses on roads but is just as if not more harmful
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Get rid of it! What is the best alternative to a wood-burning stove?
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We look at the best cosy and climate-friendly options that are less likely to land you with a £300 fine
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This is great: Dear Carol Vorderman: I salute your courage, but the wolves are gathering
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I know what it’s like to speak truth to power. The trolls will come after you, like they did for me. But stand firm! You’ve given us all hope
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This article is so damning of the Brexit choice and the corruption in the UK it’s hard to read even if you agree with it all.
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Überblick zu Hintergründen, Analysen und Interviews bei tagesschau.de - die erste Adresse für Nachrichten und umfassende Berichte zu aktuellen Themen.
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The Observer view on the UK’s toxic stance on sugar farming
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Neonicotinoids kill bees and destroy the environment. A truly green government would find a better solution to the problem of aphid-borne disease
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Worst London air pollution in six years as home fires burn
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Wood fires produce more particle pollution than traffic exhausts in UK, and controls remain ineffective
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No mention here of indoor burning. But it urgently needs to stop: UK study adds to evidence of air pollution link to long-term illness
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Research found greater chances of multiple chronic illnesses in people living in polluted areas
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My burning shame: I fitted my house with three wood-burning stoves It takes courage to admit you were wrong. Thank you @GeorgeMonbiot
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Wood burners are awful for the environment and flood our homes with toxins, too. I wish I’d known that in 2008, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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‘Eco’ wood burners produce 450 times more pollution than gas heating – report
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Report from chief medical officer Prof Chris Whitty finds air pollution kills up to 36,000 people a year in England
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