
Dorothea Baltruks
@baltruks
She/her. Occupational therapist + @LSESocialPolicy graduate. Planetary health & social justice enthusiast, now @cphp_berlin. Views are my own. 🏳️🌈🌱
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29-10-2014 19:53:34
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Pioneering initiative at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children in London encourages doctors to consider #AirPollution levels when diagnosing illnesses. Patient files now include average annual air pollution rates based on their postcodes to help families understand the risk ⤵️ bit.ly/4aJdmco


Kinder aus einkommensschwachen Haushalten sind am stärksten von verschmutzter Luft betroffen - das zeigt eine neue Studie. Der EU Council verzögert die Bekämpfung von Luftverschmutzung und nutzt die Revision der Luftqualitätsrichtlinie bisher nicht, um Gerechtigkeit zu stärken.


🚨 Europeans are concerned about the air they breathe. 🚗💨 New official European Commission numbers show that Europeans are not satisfied with the #AirQuality levels in their cities. 🍃 The message is clear: people want #CleanAirActionNow! ow.ly/me8S50QuIIU


😷 No one is immune to PFAS pollution — not even #EU leaders 🩸 European Environmental Bureau & @chemsec tested top officials and found that all of them carry #PFAS in their bodies ⏰ A wake-up call for policymakers to implement stronger chemical regulations #BanPFAS eeb.org/high-level-eur…🧵



Neue Luftqualitätsdaten des @umweltbundesamt zeigen, dass viele Menschen in Deutschland von gesundheitsschädlicher #Luftverschmutzung betroffen sind. Die von der World Health Organization (WHO) empfohlenen Grenzwerte werden mehrheitlich überschritten. Zu den Daten: tinyurl.com/njnprmmn 1/3

Enlightening 2 days - great that health impacts of #ClimateCrisis are prominent on the agenda of DG R&I, DG SANTE & DG CLIMA, WHO & Co. Centre for Planetary Health Policy (CPHP) will continue to work on that translation of science into policy for effective & just mitigation & adaptation #EUClimateAndHealth


Critical insights shared by Desta Lakew that less than 10% of research on climate & health is based in Africa in 2022.🌍 Only 14.5% of funding in African-related climate research flows to institutions in Africa vs. 78% to institutions in Europe & US. #EUClimateAndHealth


🏭Air pollution 🚛 @ep_environmentMEPs led by Javi López & Bas Eickhout strike deal with @EU2024BE & Virginijus Sinkevičius to reduce air pollution in the EU in order to achieve a clean and healthy environment for European citizens. Press release⤵️ europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-…


