Jeff Smith on Air Pollution (BreatheLife2030.org)
@jksmith34
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Sr Adv for Global Clean Air at @EllaRobertaFdn; Left; US Army Vet; Monitoring air quality since our child was hospitalized in 2008. #CitizenScience #BLM; he/him
Geneva, Switzerland
Joined April 2009
@LittleNinjaUK @CarolineRussell @SilvertownTn @visitcamberwell @OneCamberwell @hackneywick @BrixtonParent @CleanAirLondon @rosamund_ElsFdn @RedMajid @Lizzieredhair @journo_pen @lynnefriedli @outercircles @oneoval_ @PaulLomax @jenjen385 @ElizabethMistry @SadiqKhan @HinaBokhariLD @BLMWandsworth @RobertNesta18 @s_tooting @guardian @thesundaytimes @guardianeco A pig is still a pig even if you dress 'em up & put lipstick on 'em. #LTNs
#RealWorldHealthExposure to #AirPollution is greatest among the most vulnerable. We have solutions. Ask your city managers to require automakers to #retrofit emissions controls on older vehicles to start
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When city councils believe public health researchers that engineer/manipulate data collection and p-hack other data to support their confirmation bias we can increase risk of harm to the most vulnerable. Be careful out there Rachel Aldred.
@ProfRayWills @nukeadvocate @willnorman @NHSEngland @nhslon @CleanAirFund @savechildrenuk @CleanAirLondon @QMUL @pk_shishodia @ProfKevinFenton @MichaelEMann @SocEnvJustice @visitcamberwell @SoniaAdesara @indieHackney @ShimanoSteve @jksmith34 @lambethltnwatch @KatharinaH42 @KatharineQ @Margaret1Brady @Anneliese_AN @sheridan100_a @wef @MichaelRacers @bbchealth @DailyMailUK Five years ago, LTN activists argued that relocating traffic from their side roads and worsening traffic congestion on already polluted community roads would force people out of their cars. Their own research shows this to be false and wholly unjust.
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If you catch COVID, congratulations! You now have a 15% increased chance of getting shingles. 21% if you were hospitalized. Why do I mask? I don't want dementia. Do you? Here are some more important details, 🧵.
Varicella-zoster virus reactivation (shingles) is linked to an increased risk of dementia, based on health records of >100 million people in the US, adding to many other studies demonstrating this link. Vaccination reduces this risk. #Alzheimer #Herpes
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Interesting application. But how to encourage collection of pomegranate husk?
A study found pomegranate husk electrodes remove 95% of a harmful chemical from water, aiding purification. #WaterPurification #EcoTech
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Most of our congressional representatives have abandoned their paths. They should be voted out and face civil lawsuits for the use of disception to support unlawful & unconstitutional policy in favor of a few special interests & injustice of #Project2025
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@DrAmirKhanGP saying COVID is airborne on Good Morning Britain on October 3rd, 2025. <Side eyes @CAPublicHealth @nycHealthy > <Looks over at @waEMD> @WADeptHealth> You guys really going to let a Brit, outdo you?
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@fillthewhole @DrAmirKhanGP Thank you for the clear public health message @DrAmirKhanGP Avoiding infection, reduces risk. Repeat infections increase risk. @ITV 👀 https://t.co/c1IJiyk8xG
“The findings, published Tuesday, challenge the perception that Covid cases in children are “mild,” as well as the notion that re-infections do not carry the same risk of long Covid as getting it the first time.” https://t.co/duFhIUtds0
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I couldn’t believe that serious scientists would run a study examining the efficacy of air filters with the filters always on “sleep mode”, ie. the lowest fan speed, providing a fraction of the advertised clean air delivery rate. But apparently that’s exactly what they did… 🤯
Badly designed studies give the wrong answers. Here, air filters were used in *some* residents rooms; always on sleep mode. In communal areas they were also hugely underpowered. The level of air filtration is super-important. Seemingly not to researchers designing studies. 1/🧵
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A 'mum whose daughter has struggled for years with the effects of Covid is inviting SNP health secretary @neilcgray to hear her story in person at their home' “Her room is like a hospital. She’s very sick and that’s what I want him to see.” @HelenMMGoss
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pressandjournal.co.uk
Helen Goss says her daughter Anna, 12, is one of the “forgotten children” who deserve better.
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Congratulations to @MayorofLondon and his team for NOX being “legally compliant”. Thank you to Pr Holgate, Lord Hermer & Ella’s legal team for winning the inquest in order for ULEZ to be implemented. Thank you to her siblings for lobbying the Mayor & to Ella for all she endured.
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Nice to see the declining trend in the matters of particulates in the air in Japan. Many countries should copycat their policies in this regard. 📃 https://t.co/RSR9fXGmCQ Cc: @DrMariaNeira @LittleNinjaUK @CleanAirLondon @jksmith34 @FedUpWithBadAir @mapimpactie @cleanairforall2
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A council claiming LTNs reduce car use, knowingly increased traffic congestion, vehicle miles & toxic emissions on the road where a child died due to air pollution exposure. Research showing their claim to be false, was then defunded & buried by TfL. https://t.co/NglIUnRHSW
Just like that it was over; a life cut short. 7yrs later a crt found Els death was avoidable; I broke it to her siblings in a child friendly way. July 2020, Lewisham Borough put an LTN next to our rd & my son this time was in danger of a cardiac arrest. What will the future hold?
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Conclusions The current systematic review and meta-analysis provides compelling evidence that both short- and long-term exposure to indoor and outdoor air pollution negatively influenced middle-aged and older adults’ sleep health. The associations are likely to vary with age,
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We’re super excited to have our next local capacity building training session with Dr Carl Albert Malings of @MorganStateU & @NASAGoddard on ‘Satellite Data for Air Quality’ at the @mzunionline.
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Gestern hat @IKostenas in Marburg auf dem Klima-Tag etwas sehr Kluges gesagt. Sie hofft, dass es Gelder geben wird, um die Bevölkerung über die Schadstoffe in der Luft und über #Lufthygiene zu informieren, damit aus der Bevölkerung der Wunsch nach Lufthygiene wächst.
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Politics, science, associations, civil society – we can all do more for healthy indoor air. @Genevaforum & partners are working on a WHO resolution for indoor air. At the 16th Climate Day of FGK, I had the opportunity to present this project and more in Marburg. #TheAirWeBreathe
Gestern hat @IKostenas in Marburg auf dem Klima-Tag etwas sehr Kluges gesagt. Sie hofft, dass es Gelder geben wird, um die Bevölkerung über die Schadstoffe in der Luft und über #Lufthygiene zu informieren, damit aus der Bevölkerung der Wunsch nach Lufthygiene wächst.
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A HUGE EXCLUSIVE from the Times, just put up on its website. TfL suppressed a report which showed LTNs don't cut car use. The Times has seen emails between TfL and Rachel Aldred's unit at Westminster University which did the study expressing concern about its results.
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The new Swiss pandemic plan has been published! Under NPI, it mentions: indoor air, ventilation, airborne pathogens, and indoor air monitoring devices. This is simply fantastic! Thank you so much @BAG_OFSP_UFSP @FLAHAULT @Martin_Baeumle Christian Althaus🥳 https://t.co/fTP2cB1OzJ
Der letzte Plan stammt noch aus der Zeit vor Corona. Nun hat der Bund ihn komplett überarbeitet. Berücksichtigt werden auch die sozialen und ökonomischen Folgen einer Pandemie. https://t.co/sJ7qC7hR9l
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Trump is communicating what here? He xeeted... Reminds me of one of mu drill sergeants in basic training... He would frequently say "almost, always, never... * happens when you y. "Subject to change but the facts are the facts we have the person that we think is the person
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Traveling soon? Stay protected during the COVID-19 surge by wearing a high-quality mask in crowded or indoor spaces like an N95, KN95 or KF94. Learn more: https://t.co/UqPYkNWTXM
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So happy to see these multipurpose #AirQuality monitors being deployed by our partners in Ghana. Thank you @OpenSeneca and @EllaRobertaFdn!
The @OpenSeneca magical mobile toys are in Ghana 🇬🇭 for personal exposure monitoring! We’re very humbled to have been selected for this initiative. We are looking forward to working with all collaborators for real world clean air solutions with advice from @jksmith34.
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