Environment Victoria Jono La Nauze & Environment Victoria, When you next ask me for my support (again), I’ll be asking (again): Why are you silent on #woodburning? #forests #CleanAir #AirPollution

A new study from University of Bristol 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." airqualitynews.com/health/air-pol…

Doctors for the Environment Australia Please don't forget #wood. #Woodburning is our single most significant source of PM2.5 fine particulate #AirPollution, and likewise contributes to #ClimateChange.

Wouldn’t it be great to open your window and not risk smoke entering your house from the neighbouring fireplaces. Wood smoke contains carcinogens. dsawsp.org/health/wood-sm…. Jacinta Allan, Steve Dimopoulos MP, Mary-Anne Thomas MP and Manningham Council #airpollution #health

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. Jacinta Allan, Steve Dimopoulos MP, Mary-Anne Thomas MP & Manningham Council #airpollution #health

Environment Victoria @JoelDignam Better Renting Domestic wood heaters are by far the most polluting household appliances. These should be at the top of the Victorian Government list for removal from rental properties - as well as yours. Doctors for the Environment Australia Jono La Nauze Doctors + Scientists Against Wood Smoke Pollution #CleanAir #AirPollution #AirQuality #ClimateAction #springst

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 Dimopoulos MP Jacinta Allan Mary-Anne Thomas MP

Liz Poole Steve Dimopoulos MP Jacinta Allan Mary-Anne Thomas MP The 'burn better' policy essentially allows wood burning households to burn as usual & govts to kick the can down the road re serious wood smoke pollution problem in our towns/cities. City of Darebin

Angela Crunden This sight is not uncommon in Bairnsdale and in many communities. Environment Protection Authority Victoria #BurningBetter advice gives zero protection. People can burn whatever they want, however they want. DEECA Victoria know it’s harmful+++, but won’t act. #AirPollution #gippsnews #CleanAir Asthma Australia

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. Jacinta Allan, Steve Dimopoulos MP, & Mary-Anne Thomas MP #health #AirPollution

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 Dimopoulos MP Jacinta Allan

Steve Dimopoulos MP, 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 Victoria, Environment Protection Authority Victoria & Tanya Plibersek sit on their hands.

Doctors + Scientists Against Wood Smoke Pollution Gary Fuller Mark W Tebbutt East Gippsland Shire #gippsnews #lovegippsland #Gippsland ACRRM RDAA Sustainability Victoria Commissioner for Sustainability & Environment, ACT VicHealth PHAA is on Bluesky #CleanAir #AirPollution #AirQuality Achim Dittler Jörg @kachelmann anderswo: @realkachelmann #springst #auspol

Let me get one thing clear, DEECA Victoria 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 Dr Sandro Demaio VicHealth Dr Tim Read MP Victorian Department of Health Sotiris Vardoulakis

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 Australian Labor #auspol

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 dsawsp.org/personal-stori…

ForestFireManagement DEECA Secretary AMA Victoria Aus AirQual Doctors for the Environment Australia Victorian Department of Health Environment Victoria VicHealth @CAR_CRE Chief Health Officer, Victoria Norman Swan VLGA Steve Dimopoulos MP Mary-Anne Thomas MP Jacinta Allan Daniela De Martino MP 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?

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.

🚨📉 #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

“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.” theguardian.com/environment/20…