Tough Love—Fighting for Truth in a Polluted World | Blog by Katy Glassborow cusp.ac.uk/themes/s1/blog…

"The fact that gas used to be manufactured from coal has been lost to the public consciousness, but the chemical legacy remains.” quote by my Environmental Research Group colleague Dr Ian Mudway. Piece by Sammy Gecsoyler theguardian.com/business/2023/…

New study finds that microplastics can help dangerous bacteria survive on Scottish beaches | About | University of Stirling stir.ac.uk/news/2023/apri…

The health harms from particle #AirPollution. Piece by Donna Lu theguardian.com/environment/20…

People often seem to adopt one of two approaches to systems thinking: (1) horizontal - focusing on system mapping + identifying leverage points; (2) vertical - focusing on identifying and shifting the conditions holding a system in place. I see the best systems work doing both.

Super exciting news from our brilliant friends and collaborators at Durham Institute for Medical Humanities. Watch their space!

The Standard View: The right to clean air must not be delayed or denied standard.co.uk/comment/ultra-… nothing about this debacle surprises me. I asked Gary Fuller why it took 4yrs for Clean Air Act to happen? Gov hid the evidence, 12,000 people died! It was a private members bill too

#fieldwork prep … checking my PurpleAir - Air Quality Monitors particulate sensors are all functioning before heading out to #Montserrat next weekend with Rosie Dr. Evgenia Ilyinskaya and Locko Neuberg. Handy that my office window only opens a little way! Perfect testing location!!

Clean Air, low emission zones & #ULEZ. Do they work, does the most polluting traffic simply divert round & which communities have most to gain? (Spoiler: gainers could also include drivers & school kids). My latest #airpollution piece for The Guardian. theguardian.com/environment/20…

Clean Air Champion Gary Fuller's latest piece for The Guardian looks at the evidence on low emission and clean air zones.

Reduced #airpollution from the #ULEZ was also found by our NERC OSCA project. theguardian.com/environment/20…

We are excited to be interviewing Gary Fuller this afternoon - exploring ULEZ expansion and many more...... Keep your ears and eyes posted for Season Two - which is out soon!! #EnvirohealthPodcast

Interesting article by Gary Fuller on low emission zones in the The Guardian. If you'd like to read more about measures (like ULEZ) that can tackle air pollution, check out what National Centre for Atmospheric Science and @AtmosChemYork's Prof Ally Lewis has to say: ncas.ac.uk/low-emission-z…

The evidence is clear: low-emission zones like London’s Ulez work. Looking at the health problems caused by air pollution, poorer communities have most to gain. theguardian.com/environment/20…

#AirQuality Awareness Week: Participatory Science #FlashbackFriday to the very first contributions to OpenAQ. Read more here: buff.ly/3p1YeU9 Thank you to the #OpenAQ #community and supporters who continue to power #openscience and #opendata🎉

Next webinar alert! Delighted to be joined by Hannah Waterson, National Centre for Creative Health The National Centre for Creative Health; artist, Louise Nolan from Make it Glasgow CIC & @_elijahyoung & @eilismcgowan Mustard Stories Arts CIC to share our North Tyneside projects ➡ Register at bit.ly/42vG7EP

All of Britain’s rivers are polluted... many are on the brink of ecological collapse". Check out this new blog for Green Alliance by River Action's James Wallace outlining our influential Charter for Rivers 🌊which is backed by 50+ orgs. Read it here 👇greenallianceblog.org.uk/2023/05/05/if-…

The evidence is clear: low-emission zones like London’s Ulez work theguardian.com/environment/20…

Consumer Reports recommends ”smokeless fire pits” despite their tests revealing that none of them are actually smokeless:consumerreports.org/home-garden/ou…

Short-term air pollution exposure and exacerbation events in mild to moderate COPD: a case-crossover study within the CanCOLD cohort thorax.bmj.com/content/early/…