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We've gone quiet on here, but you can find us over at Bluesky, where we've collated a UK #AirPollution starter pack for anyone interested in our topic. Join us!
Mums For Lungs
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Mums For Lungs
@MumsForLungs
We are a network seriously concerned about #AirPollution’s impact on children’s health. All welcome, not just mums. Media: email [email protected]
- Hello @ShaunBaileyUK. We're concerned about the bus you're touring London in. It appears to be an almost 20 year old diesel? Diesel is a known carcinogen that stunts kids' lungs. Can you confirm whether this has been retrofitted & is #ULEZ compliant please? #Mayor4CleanAir
- First image: 8th March. Second image: 26th March The lungs of #Putney went grey in less than three weeks. They're made from fabric which is able to capture particulate matter that build up over time, turning them from white to grey. We want a #Mayor4CleanAir.
GIF - "It is nonsensical to say that making people breathe toxic air is a problem when it comes from a cigarette, but making people breathe toxic air is fine when it comes from a car." #AirPollution #Health
- This is a massive win for all of Greater London’s children & the fight for #CleanAir! The court case was a distraction from the real issue - that #AirPollution is a public health crisis, and ALL of London’s air breaches @WHO guideline limits. #ULEZ
- Replying to @MumsForLungsWe've uncovered the fact that @ShaunBaileyUK is using a bus that breaches TfL's low emission zone rules to campaign. This is hugely disappointing. "He is preferring to belt out high amounts of fumes and just pay for it.” #CleanAir #Mayor4CleanAir
- London's Ultra Low Emission Zone expands today. In 2018 we campaigned to see all Londoners benefit from this scheme, & now they can. All of London breaches @WHO #AirPollution limits, & 1 in 11 children in London have #Asthma. We need #CleanAir 💚. #ULEZ 📸 Crispin Hughes
- A #SchoolStreet is...a temporary closure of roads around a school at drop off and pick up times. They've been found to reduce exposure to #airpollution, increase road safety and lead to more #activetravel. We want to see them EVERYWHERE! (Image via Gayhurst Primary School).
- Have you seen the artificial lungs we've set up in #Putney with @ChokedUp_UK? They turn grey when exposed to #AirPollution. More needs to be done to protect the 47500 primary school children who go to school near major roads. #Mayor4CleanAir
- This "change in the way politics is done" is a slap in the face for the current generation of children. 240k children in London have asthma, which we know is exacerbated by #AirPollution. Sunak will now be directly responsible for more children growing up with stunted lungs.
- Dear @BorisJohnson. Please play your part in taking the #EnvironmentBill even further tomorrow - we urgently need to address the #AirPollution health crisis. You can make history - let's enshrine @WHO limits into the Bill, for your kids, our kids, everyone's kids. #VoteCleanAir
- Roads roads roads. You wouldn’t think the government had been sued three times for its failure to act on #airpollution, or that it is an ongoing public health crisis. Not to mention the #climatecrisis.
- What is @RishiSunak thinking? How can you be a "world leader on #NetZero" yet backtrack on policies like this? Walking away from the #Environment is not a good look in the midst of a #ClimateCrisis. Over 70 per cent of voters are concerned about climate. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…
- "He's had 12 asthma attacks to date, two of them life threatening. Not a day goes by without worrying about our air quality and his health. We need the ULEZ, as the beginning of a journey towards cleaner air for all of us." Ruth, North London #WeLoveULEZ #CleanAir
