Even brief exposure to air pollution can push the placenta into an inflammatory state, lab study suggests | Live Science livescience.com/health/fertili…

🚨Time for another quiz! ❓🔥According to the latest data, what's the biggest source of fine pollution matter (PM2.5) in the London borough of Lambeth? 💡Answers will be revealed next week!

New research: University of Bristol has found that exposure to air pollution from before birth through to the age of 18 has a measurable effect on heart health #AirPollution #Health airqualitynews.com/health/air-pol…

New research: University of California Air pollution is emerging as an overlooked threat to the long-term health of childhood cancer survivors #AirPollution #Health #Cancer airqualitynews.com/health/poor-ai…

familiesforcleanair.org/modern-wood-st…

New on our website: More evidence links wood smoke and dementia familiesforcleanair.org/more-evidence-…

Surely govt must act? Tories put off air pollution deadline by decade. Why is Labour allowing resurgence of air pollution? Their failure to act is being taken advantage of - architects claiming govt approval for rampant air pollution. Govt failure will cost lives.

A wood-burning restaurant in San Francisco is severely smoking out nearby homes. #WoodBurningRestaurant sfchronicle.com/food/restauran…

𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘢 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴, September 20, 2025

Wood smoke—whether visible or invisible—is toxic.

"A fireplace burning 10 pounds of wood can release as many PAHs in an hour as 3,000 packs of cigarettes." "Homes using wood stoves or fireplaces can have indoor particulate levels up to 123% higher than those without... "

Last week we asked if you know what the biggest source of PM2.5 pollution in Lambeth is. 🔥The answer is...Wood burning, which is an example of health inequity in urban areas 🧵👇

“According to an international study on air pollution residents in towns and cities that have PM2.5 annual average levels of 10 µg/m³ were breathing air that was as harmful as smoking 166 cigarettes a year…” thepress.co.nz/nz-news/360811…

In London there is so much wood-burning it’s negating the impacts of the LTNs.

dsawsp.org/personal-stori… wood smoke lead to child’s medical emergency. Ban firepits, backyard burning, fireplaces. Smoke from burning exacerbates disease, causes cancer, chronic disease & premature ageing/death. No safe levels of smoke. #stopburning #AFLGF #NRLGF Do no harm.

A recent new story on our website: “We were made so sick that first winter… Our bedroom leaked a lot of smoke, even through the fan in the ensuite.…” dsawsp.org/personal-stori…

Link: dsawsp.org/personal-stori…

Scientists are unraveling the link between pollution and psoriasis | Live Science livescience.com/health/scienti…

“A researcher at the UCL Institute of Health Informatics…revealed “wood burning hotspots” and linked increased lung cancer rates in affluent areas to potential carcinogen exposure from wood smoke…” airqualitynews.com/local-governme…

A matter of life and breath for Ella – the formally acknowledged threat of air pollution as a breach of the right to life | Legal Studies | Cambridge Core cambridge.org/core/journals/…