Video: “Think before you burn” – A public service announcement from the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEQV89jN2Qs “Wood smoke poses a real danger to the health of residents, neighborhoods, and communities. The children featured in this PSA ask people to think before they burn.” Puget Sound Clean Air Agency, pscleanair.org
From a recent article published in The Guardian: Wood-burning appliances “should be sold with health warnings, say scientists…” “Wood burners triple the level of harmful pollution particles inside homes and should be sold with a health warning, says scientists, who also advise that they should not be used around elderly people or children.”
Wood smoke sufferer Julie Northey recently shared her plight on the Facebook page of the Lung Health Foundation (formerly the Ontario chapter of the Canadian Lung Association, the Lung Association – Ontario): In response to Julie’s heartbreaking comment, a page administrator of the Lung Health Foundation replied on January 14, 2021: “Hi Julie. We are…
It’s time to truly care about protecting clean air and health for all.
Two days ago, clean air supporter Julie Northey asked the BC Lung Association some important questions. The questions were asked in response to a BC Lung Association Facebook post that mentioned “sweeping” and “vacuuming” as activities to avoid in order to avoid creating pollution, yet failed to include any mention of the importance of not…
Letter by Cathy Baiton, printed in The Lethbridge Herald (lethbridge herald.com) – Letters, May 30, 2020 Near the start of the pandemic, my son and I saw a “We are all in this together” sign in the front window of a long-term care residence, on an evening when that neighbourhood’s air was permeated with toxic…
The air belongs to everyone, and everyone needs to breathe healthy air. It’s time to care about the air that we all share. #StopBurningWood
This is a video shared recently to the Only Clean Air: Helping to End Wood Smoke Pollution Facebook page; the text of the video is from a letter by Liz Poole that was printed in the June 1/20 edition of The Age newspaper (theage.com.au). “Scrap wood heaters” – Lettter by Liz Poole, printed in The…
