WHWB will host a webinar on exposure to silica from working with engineered stone countertops. Feb. 2, 5:00 p.m. EST (22:00 UTC). Register here us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist… more information: mailchi.mp/whwb/iq8yiiia9…

Important new work from Canadian Council of Academies on socioeconomic impacts of health and science misinformation and the pandemic. Authors include Timothy Caulfield Not just a threat to population health, but to civil society itself. cca-reports.ca/wp-content/upl…

A thoughtful critique of the Loeb study of N95's vs medical masks by Dr. Roy McKay, a prominent expert in respiratory protection and fit testing aerosoltransmissioncoalition.ca/_files/ugd/cde…

A manifesto for activist knitters. Glad to have something in common with Sojourner Truth. The Revolutionary Power of a Skein of Yarn nytimes.com/2023/01/27/opi…

Join us for Part B of our silica webinars -- controlling exposure to silica in work with engineered/artificial stone countertops. Monday, Feb. 13, 4:00 p.m. EST (21:00 UTC). app.box.com/s/7splfzkk346f… Register here us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

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This should be included in all the respirator how-to’s

LIVE: I'm announcing my Private Member's Bill to protect Ontario's people and economy from airborne pandemics#OnPoli x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Earlier today, #OSPE joined MPP Kristyn Wong-Tam 🇨🇦 to introduce a private bill calling on the government to explore indoor air quality improvements and protect Ontarians from airborne pandemics. Read our Indoor Air Quality reports: bit.ly/3OMERYd #OSPELEADS #EngineersLead

Another sparkling webinar from WHWB Dark Winter – past lessons to inform future health • Dr. Raina MacIntyre Raina MacIntyre • moderator Kevin Hedges • Tue 11 April 2023 • 5pm Eastern Eric Feigl-Ding David Fisman Kimberly Prather, Ph.D. Trisha Greenhalgh John Dupuis mailchi.mp/whwb/iq8yiiia9…

Keep this important educational resources where it will benefit the local community! Don't Move the Ontario Science Centre to Ontario Place chng.it/r9GynWcr via Change.org Canada

Excellent article. Informative, clear, direct. One of the best of the pandemic. Great job 𝙹𝚘𝚎 𝚅𝚒𝚙𝚘𝚗𝚍 [email protected] M. Oliver Mark Ungrin -- thank you!! A few highlights below in thread (there are /many/ more in the article which is well worth a read)! (1/) scientificamerican.com/article/masks-…

New draft ASHRAE standard on Control of Infectious Aerosols is out for consultation osr.ashrae.org/Online-Comment…

Thanks Joey for your good advice as always. Unlike with COVID, with the wildfires we don't want to increase the supply of (polluted) outdoor air, so need to rely on filtration. Outdoors we can wear good filtering facepiece respirators eg N95's

Wildfire smoke 101: Using an air purifier to filter wildfire smoke - Canada.ca canada.ca/en/health-cana…