Liz Poole

Climate, clean air, reducing wood smoke. Photo from Bay Area Spare the Air.

[Liz Poole @AndaPoole]

We do not have this simple luxury of opening a window for fresh air. Why? Because we are unfortunate enough to live near wood heaters smoking out the neighbourhood. This is both health and mental health issue ⁦@LilyDAmbrosioMP⁩ ⁦@DELWP_Vic⁩ ⁦@EPA_Victoria⁩ ⁦

[Kate Forster @KateForster20]

@FFMVic @DEECA_Secretary @amavictoria @aaqg @DocsEnvAus @VicGovDH @EnviroVic @VicHealth @CAR_CRE @VictorianCHO @normanswan @_VLGA @Steve_Dimo @MaryAnneThomas @JacintaAllanMP @DanielaDemLabor how many deaths & $billions in health, developmental, cognitive impacts/impairments (eg dementia) do Victorian’s have to bear while you ignore implementing even the paltry promises of the Victorian Air Quality Strategy?

[Clean Air in London @CleanAirLondon]

🚨📉 #CleanAirNews | Population-weighted total annual mean PM2.5 (and other #AirPollution data) has been released for 2023 i.e. average for everyone not best and/or worst:

England 6.97 ug.m3 vs 7.79 ug/m3 in 2022 i.e. down 10.5%
Wales 5.33 ug/m3 vs 6.74 ug/m3 in 2022 i.e. down 20.9%
Scotland 4.08 ug/m3 vs 4.57 ug/m3 in 2022 i.e. down 10.7%
North Ireland 4.36 ug/m3 vs 5.16 ug/m3 in 2022 i.e. down 15.5%

@WHO #AirQualityGuideline = 5 ug/m3 everywhere

https://t.co/UX0aLaAiPq and https://t.co/IcFWxLAUUM

<< We’re winning but need to #BanWoodBurning, reduce #RedMeat eating and more to achieve @WHO #AirQualityGuidelines and everywhere! cc @DrMariaNeira

[Doctors + Scientists Against Wood Smoke Pollution @dsawsp]

“A plan by the British government to burn biomass imported from countries including North Korea and Afghanistan has been described as ‘bonkers,’ with critics saying it undermines the credibility of the UK’s climate strategy.”

https://t.co/qM4n61Sfa8

[Neighbours Against Wood Smoke @NbrsVsWoodSmoke]

Excellent resource. Local authority advice to “talk to your neighbours” is discriminatory on the grounds of disability. It may not be possible for the most vulnerable to do this. The right to clean air in our own home should not depend on our ability to negotiate with neighbours.

[Rob Phair @robphair]

@Steve_Dimo, here’s some advice I got about approaching a #woodburning neighbour:

“Whatever you do, don’t mention that you’re a doctor.
He’ll just start burning twice as much…”

That’s what we’re up against
- while @DEECA_Vic, @VicGovEPA &amp; @tanya_plibersek sit on their hands.

[Rob Phair @robphair]

@dsawsp @DrGaryFuller @mwt2008 @egsc #gippsnews #lovegippsland #Gippsland @ACRRM @RuralDoctorsAus @SustainVic @EnvComm_ACT @VicHealth @_PHAA_ #CleanAir #AirPollution #AirQuality @achimdittler @Kachelmann #springst #auspol

[Rob Phair @robphair]

@tanya_plibersek, you’re totally missing in action here - the only activity we know of from your department is some rehashing of industry friendly wood heater “standards” - allowing the continued sale of hazardous woodburners.
#AirPollution #CleanAir @AustralianLabor #auspol

[Doctors + Scientists Against Wood Smoke Pollution @dsawsp]

New story on our website: “I am an elderly person who has suffered from wretched chimney smoke for over 10 years now… …It’s like living in some kind of hell…” #WoodSmokeStories #WoodSmokePollution https://t.co/Qj3dntrmuX

[Rob Phair @robphair]

Let me get one thing clear, @DEECA_Vic

Why should any Victorian household have a ‘right’ to domestic #woodburning when:
- we know it’s a major health hazard?
- we have clean, safe alternatives?

#ElectrifyEverything @SandroDemaio @VicHealth @TimRRead @VicGovDH @SotirisVard

[Rob Phair @robphair]

@Fangie53 This sight is not uncommon in Bairnsdale and in many communities.
@VicGovEPA #BurningBetter advice gives zero protection.
People can burn whatever they want, however they want.

@DEECA_Vic know it’s harmful+++, but won’t act.

#AirPollution #gippsnews #CleanAir @AsthmaAustralia

[Liz Poole @AndaPoole]

There is also a blanket of smoke over Melbourne tonight. Only 5-10% of households using wood heaters but emitting 51% of the air pollution pm2.5 - harming everyone’s health. @Steve_Dimo @JacintaAllanMP

[Rob Phair @robphair]

@Fangie53 This sight is not uncommon in Bairnsdale and in many communities.
@VicGovEPA #BurningBetter advice gives zero protection.
People can burn whatever they want, however they want.

@DEECA_Vic know it’s harmful+++, but won’t act.

#AirPollution #gippsnews #CleanAir @AsthmaAustralia

[🇦🇺Konstas N Harapas, PhD🇬🇷🇩🇪 @TheRealKonstas]

When will our leaders do something about air pollution? It wrecks people’s health.

The air in Melbourne is very unhealthy when the air is still and people use their wood heaters.

@JacintaAllanMP, @Steve_Dimo, &amp; @MaryAnneThomas #health #AirPollution

[Liz Poole @AndaPoole]

@tanya_plibersek @gedkearney #phaseoutwoodheaters

[Karina Kanepe @KarinaKanepe]

@AndaPoole @Steve_Dimo @JacintaAllanMP @MaryAnneThomas The 'burn better' policy essentially allows wood burning households to burn as usual &amp; govts to kick the can down the road re serious wood smoke pollution problem in our towns/cities. @CityofDarebin

[Liz Poole @AndaPoole]

I often have to tell my kids (who have asthma) when outside our home ‘don’t breathe in’, ‘hold your breath’ because of smoke from nearby wood heaters. The ‘burn better’ policy is allowing wood smoke to harm children’s health @Steve_Dimo @JacintaAllanMP @MaryAnneThomas

[Mums For Lungs @MumsForLungs]

A new study from @BristolUni shows that exposure to #AirPollution while in the womb is associated with the development of mental health problems in adolescence.

"Interventions to reduce exposure...could potentially improve mental health."

https://t.co/dx9rOSnWzB

[Rob Phair @robphair]

@EnviroVic @JoelDignam @BetterRentingAU Domestic wood heaters are by far the most polluting household appliances.
These should be at the top of the @VicGovAu list for removal from rental properties - as well as yours.

@DocsEnvAus @JonathanLaNauze @dsawsp #CleanAir #AirPollution #AirQuality #ClimateAction #springst

[🇦🇺Konstas N Harapas, PhD🇬🇷🇩🇪 @TheRealKonstas]

The air quality is bad in Melbourne tonight. I suspect the same applies to other cities across the planet. It’s time for governments to act on reducing the toxic pollution that is wood smoke.

@JacintaAllanMP, @Steve_Dimo, @MaryAnneThomas &amp; @ManninghamCC #airpollution #health

[Liz Poole @AndaPoole]

@TheRealKonstas @JacintaAllanMP @Steve_Dimo @MaryAnneThomas @ManninghamCC Yes I would love to be able to open a window without smoke entering the house. Like you, we are not afforded that luxury. #phaseoutwoodheaters

[🇦🇺Konstas N Harapas, PhD🇬🇷🇩🇪 @TheRealKonstas]

Wouldn’t it be great to open your window and not risk smoke entering your house from the neighbouring fireplaces.

Wood smoke contains carcinogens. https://t.co/7GdDaDVZio.

@JacintaAllanMP, @Steve_Dimo, @MaryAnneThomas and @ManninghamCC #airpollution #health