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
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…
We all need to breathe clean air Letter by Cathy Baiton, printed in the Lethbridge Herald (lethbridgeherald.com), April 23, 2020 Thank you to the City of Lethbridge for helping our community respond to the COVID-19 situation. But a vital element is being overlooked: the need for everyone to have equal access to air that…
Will the American Lung Association’s recent rebranding bring a much-needed shift toward true clean air advocacy? There is a great need for the organization to embark upon effective public education and advocacy efforts directed at: helping to eradicate wood- and pellet-burning pollution in residential/populated areas and helping to protect forests, air quality, and lung health…
We need wood-burning bans, not more wood stove sales In order to protect lung health, we need proactive wood-burning bans, not continued sales of smoke-producing appliances. It’s time for change, because wood-burning bans save lives. The slides shown within this video are from a recent American Lung Association PDF (“Northeast Wood Stove Changeout Program: Our…
