Is my wood burner damaging my health? I tracked pollution in my home to find out - Which? A growing body of evidence suggests that wood burners could be bad for our health - I tracked pollution from my stove to investigate its impact

Hannah Healy set out to investigate air pollution from a family wood burning stove.....

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Air pollution making people in UK get long-term illnesses earlier, study finds Pollution is ‘silent accelerator that robs individuals of their healthiest years’, say researchers

"Air pollution acts as a silent accelerator that robs individuals of their healthiest years.”

My latest piece for @theguardian.com on research on 396,000 people in the UK.

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Air pollution making people in UK get long-term illnesses earlier, study finds Pollution is ‘silent accelerator that robs individuals of their healthiest years’, say researchers

Air pollution making people in UK get long-term illnesses earlier, study finds

Pollution is ‘silent accelerator that robs individuals of their healthiest years’, say researchers

#AirPollution

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by @drgaryfuller.bsky.social

Why reducing air pollution deaths isn’t just about reducing air pollution Study shows reducing vulnerability to pollution, for example by expanding healthcare access, saves millions of lives

Why reducing air pollution deaths isn’t just about reducing air pollution

Study shows reducing vulnerability to pollution, including by expanding healthcare access, saves millions of lives

#AirPollution www.theguardian.com/environment/...

by @drgaryfuller.bsky.social

US + Europe made similar reductions in air pollution

But deaths attributable to air pollution fell nearly twice as much in Europe than in America

Why? The study found Europe addressed unequal access to healthcare + other social factors more effectively

We need a cleaner world + a fairer society

Incredible in-depth reporting here in the @bmj.com on efforts by the stove industry to threaten councils. Quotes from @drgaryfuller.bsky.social @globalactionplan.bsky.social @mumsforlungs.bsky.social
Funding from @impurbanhealth.bsky.social

Why reducing air pollution deaths isn’t just about reducing air pollution Study shows reducing vulnerability to pollution, for example by expanding healthcare access, saves millions of lives

"Air pollution is the second-largest risk factor for early death globally. Traditionally, our response has focused on reducing the levels of pollution people breathe, but this is only part of the story.”

-Dr Chris Malley @sei.org, @york.ac.uk

Piece by me.

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School Streets Campaigning Guides — Mums for Lungs 20th March 2026 Our School Streets campaigning guides tell you everything there is to know about School Streets. Download them here, then get in touch if you’d like a School Street at your school.

Want a School Street but don't know where to start? We have the solution!

We've updated our #SchoolStreets campaigning guides, including the answers to the most common questions we're asked about this simple but powerful scheme.

Take a look here, and get in touch for advice or support. 👇

It's goodbye from the UK Clean Air Programme.

It's been an honour and pleasure to work with you all.

A static version of our website will remain for the next five years.

On my way to Southampton for the @ukcleanair.bsky.social wrap-up. It's been a great (nearly) six years supporting UK #airpollution science.

‘Smokeless’ fuels produce more ultrafine particles that get embedded in lungs, study shows The tiny size of the particles means they can become deposited deep in people’s lungs, causing a health risk

"Smokeless" fuels fuels produce 2-3x more ultrafine particles than wood or coal - study

- The tiny size of the particles means they can become deposited deep in people’s lungs, causing a health risk

#airpollution
Story bt @drgaryfuller.bsky.social
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It’s still warm, but as heating season approaches, remember: burning solid fuels at home is the main culprit of urban air pollution. #heat #solidfuels #airquality #aerosource
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@deptcee.bsky.social
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Good article highlighting research from colleagues in Ireland.

Low smoke solid fuels intended to replace coal and wood may have a worse impact on health because they produce a higher number of more dangerous ultrafine particles.

⚠️ "Low smoke" doesn't mean low risk. New
@uniofgalway.bsky.social Research shows "low smoke" solid fuels emit 2–3× more ultrafine particles reaching lungs, heart, even the brain. #EpicAir #AEROSOURCE #SolidAir
@ovadnevaite.bsky.social @epaireland.bsky.social @researchireland.ie
Paper: rdcu.be/e6pzx

Smokeless fuels cause health risks as previously unknown pollutants found Study led by Irish scientists shows low-smoke fuels at least double emissions of toxic ultrafine particles

Low smoke doesn't mean low risk - research into smokeless and low-smoke fuels led by @ovadnevaite.bsky.social at @uniofgalway.bsky.social
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‘Smokeless’ fuels produce more ultrafine particles that get embedded in lungs, study shows The tiny size of the particles means they can become deposited deep in people’s lungs, causing a health risk

For each kilogram burned, the low-smoke fuels produced between two and three times more ultrafine particles than wood or coal.

Investigation by @ovadnevaite.bsky.social

My latest for @theguardian.com on UFP from smokeless and low-smoke fuels.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

🌍 Global call for #airquality & #climate campaign leaders! If you've contributed to AQ campaigns anywhere in the world, complete this 10–15 min survey by March 25th!👉 lnkd.in/g6rpcF32

clip: @globalactionplan.bsky.social @mumsforlungs.bsky.social @geographynicole.bsky.social @atmofrance.bsky.social

And here's another reason to tackle SUVs

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Revealed: the world’s worst mega-leaks of methane driving global heating Exclusive: Fixing a leak can be simple and equivalent to closing a coal power station, making lack of action maddening, say analysts

Revealed: the world’s worst mega-leaks of methane driving global heating

- Fixing a leak can be simple and equivalent to closing a coal power station, making lack of action ‘maddening’, say analysts

#climatecrisis
Story by me
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Factcheck: Why expensive gas – not net-zero – is keeping UK electricity prices so high - Carbon Brief The UK’s high electricity prices have become intensely political, with competing claims over the cause of rocketing bills and how best to get them down.

Fossil gas sets UK (GB) electricity prices for 96% of the time -see article cited by @georgemonbiot.bsky.social from @carbonbrief.org

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UK energy prices are soaring – and propagandists want to sell you a false reason why | George Monbiot The war on Iran has put fossil-fuel prices centre stage, but don’t believe those who tout ‘maximising the North Sea’ as our salvation, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

By far the cheapest component of our energy supply is the electricity produced by renewables. But the price of electricity is set at almost all times by its most expensive component - fossil gas.

A must read article by @georgemonbiot.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Train and bike combo for me to get to the last one-day conference from the Clean Air Programme - @ukcleanair.bsky.social .

Air Pollution and its Impacts on Later LIfe With presentations from HIP-Tox and MOXIE

Over the last decade new evidence emerged about the way that #airpollution affects us in later life, including cognitive decline and dementia.

Hear the latest on how air pollution is harming our health - we have a couple of spaces left for tomorrow. It's free.

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Do we want to keep fixing the same issue? Unlearned lessons from the first big oil crisis As energy prices tripled in the 1970s due to Middle Eastern wars, Scandinavia, France and the Netherlands sped up green transition

"The only way to reduce energy prices in the EU, and the only way to ensure we are not geopolitically constrained by our addiction to fossil fuels."

-Marin Gillot. Piece by Ajit Niranjan

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

In the last 10 years, we have learned that air pollution is linked to cognitive decline and dementia.

But bold policies can improve the air that we breathe.

Ajit Niranjan reports on progress on #airpoolution on the Breathe Cities and @c40cities.bsky.social networks.

London, San Francisco and Beijing achieve ‘remarkable reductions’ in air pollution Cycle lanes, electric cars and other interventions have helped 19 global cities slash levels of pollutants by more than 20%

London, San Francisco and Beijing achieve ‘remarkable reductions’ in air pollution

‘Drinking from a fetid pond’: superbug-creating genes found in UK’s largest lake Exclusive: Lough Neagh, which supplies drinking water for 40% of NI, contains genes resistant to last-resort antibiotics

Superbugs resistant to antibiotics are rising fast. I tested water at Lough Neagh (40% of Northern Ireland’s drinking water) & found high levels of antibiotic-resistant genes from human & livestock poo. If we treat waterways like sewers, this is what we get. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Group photo of the 106 delegates in the Royal Society of Chemistry Library for the Dec 2025 Air Quality conference

🚨 Save the date 📅 Join us on 16 December 2026 for the latest insights into #AirQuality with presentations from DEFRA's Air Quality Expert Group 📝 Call for abstracts & registration details will be circulated in Sept 2026 @rsc.org @rscecg.bsky.social @drgaryfuller.bsky.social @ukcleanair.bsky.social

Large tortoiseshell butterfly confirmed no longer extinct in UK Early spring sightings show colourful insect is a resident species for first time in decades, says conservation charity

Early spring sightings show Large Tortoiseshell is a resident butterfly species for first time in decades.

Piece by @patrickbarkham.bsky.social

Saw one of these in 2022 at Knepp. I'm excited to see more.

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Campaigners who thought they'd won the battle to prevent fracking in Lincolnshire dismayed to learn mayor Andrea Jenkyns is courting fracking firm, Egdon -

- vow to keep fighting to protect their homes from pollution:

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