Pollution from wood heaters damages the health of our communities. There are cleaner, healthier and more sustainable ways to keep Australian homes warm this winter. Please watch our video HEAL Network - Healthy Environments And Lives

Planned hazard reduction burns are taking place in Greater Sydney⚠️Stay indoors if smoke is a trigger for your #asthma . Keep your reliever medicine close by. In an emergency call 000. Call 1800 ASTHMA (1800 278 462) for asthma support Monday - Friday, 9am-5pm.

Register now to attend ‘Winter wood smoke: from research to policy action’ featuring Nicolas Borchers-Arriagada (Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre for Safe Air) and Kate Garvey (A/General Manager, MHADD, Tasmanian Department of Health): utas.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Listen back to this great interview with Professor Lidia Morawska on a Blueprint for Indoor Air: abc.net.au/listen/program…

We all breathe 11,000 L of air- every day.
Prof Fay Johnston, public health physician + environmental epidemiologist in #AirQuality and #health Menzies Institute for Medical Research starts #iDEA24 with the health effects of #bushfires #woodsmoke .
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#asthma #AirPollution

Registrations are still open for our free event 11am - 12pm AEDT today: utas.zoom.us/.../register/W…

How can hazard reduction burns balance risks posed by bushfires and smoke pollution? Register now for our April webinar featuring A/Professor Owen Price, Superintendent Laurence McCoy and Dr Merched Azzi utas.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

This is a landmark paper on the path to better indoor air quality. Outdoor air, the water we drink and food we eat is regulated by standards that protect us from harms. This is not the case for the air we breathe indoors where we spend 90% of our time. This is the most definitive…

All welcome to our conference #iDEA24
One of our excellent presentation on Air Pollution from gas, traffic and fires and how we can protect ourselves.
Tickets selling fast in person or online- linked 👇
See you there.
#airpollution

Great to see the MJA-Lancet Countdown Oceania report published today! Important reminder of the health impacts of climate change in our region, and the opportunities climate action can bring to the health sector.

Dr Sabrina Idrose just gave an excellent talk at the #TSANZSRS2024 Asthma&allergy session titled “Smokers with asthma/hayfever have lower post BD lung function during the pollen season.”
TSANZ #TAHS #asthma

Great to see Yuming Guo interviewed in the New York Times this week!

Registrations are still open for our free event 11am - 12pm AEDT today: utas.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

The health impacts of exposure to dust from engineered stone are now well recognised. But where to from here? Register now for our webinar featuring Prof Graeme Zosky Menzies Institute for Medical Research and Dr Sharna Mathieu Lung Foundation Australia 18 March 11-12pm utas.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Congrats Wenhua! Our new study estimated the global mortality burden associated with short-term exposure to PM2.5.

1 million deaths each year were related to daily PM2.5 exposure, equal to 2·1% of global deaths.

More than 22.7% of them (22·74%) occurred in urban areas.