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Mums for Lungs @mumsforlungs.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The diesel scandal isn’t over. Since 2009, there have been 30,000 new cases of childhood asthma in the UK because of excess diesel emissions. Without action there’ll be thousands more. Watch our film, then email our leaders. www.mumsforlungs.org/news/the-die... #AirPollution #Diesel
mumsforlungs.org
The diesel scandal - still making our kids sick — Mums for Lungs
10th July 2026 Our new film calls out the UK government and car manufacturers over the millions of illegally polluting diesel cars still on UK roads - and the toll they're taking on our…
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Dave Peterson (He/Him) Ⓥ 🇨🇦 @fedupwithbadair.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
airqualitynews.com/health/hidde...
airqualitynews.com
Hidden threat in school dust may harm children’s lungs
Bacteria commonly found in school dust may be harming children’s lung health, according to new research presented at the European Respiratory Society Congress in Barcelona. The study, which analysed d...
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Mums for Lungs @mumsforlungs.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
We can't shout about this enough - the CHILL study led by @qmul.bsky.social found links between the reductions in #AirPollution from the ULEZ and improved lung growth in children. Jemima: "To hear that any damage my children may have had is outweighed by Ulez is such a massive relief."
metro.co.uk
Mum's 'massive relief' after major study links Ulez to healthier kids' lungs
A new study by Queen Mary University has found that air quality improvements due to the capital's Ulez area is linked to improved lung growth in children.
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grumpycaterpillar.bsky.social @grumpycaterpillar.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
@katiewhitemp.bsky.social @alexsobel.co.uk @andyburnham.bsky.social @angelaeagle1.bsky.social @miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social @emmahardymp.bsky.social @damedianajohnson.bsky.social @karinsmythmp.bsky.social @allymcgovern.bsky.social @ed-miliband.bsky.social #cancer #asthma
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Doctors and Scientists Against Wood Smoke Pollution @dsawsp.org · 07/09/2026
“From nappies to Christmas trees, cardboard to household rubbish, new data has shown the items being burned in wood-burning stoves…” This “data” is from the UK wood stove industry. www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/uk-worl...
A fire burns in a modern wood stove. Text says, “Wood burning industry admits  people use their wood stoves as trash incinerators.”
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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
"They tried courses of the antibiotics celalexan, co-Amoxiclav and Trimethopim Amoxicillin but the E-coli was resistant to all of them" ~ children hospitalised after swimming in 'toilet bowl' harbour: www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
mirror.co.uk
Two kids in hospital with grim symptoms after swimming in 'toilet bowl' harbour
Ivy Foster, 3, and Keeva Hollow, 8, have been in hospital fighting bacterial infections after swimming and swallowing water in the sea and falling ill with high fevers
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Mums for Lungs @mumsforlungs.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
In case you missed it - we've created a new animation about #WoodBurning. Thinking of installing a wood stove? Take two minutes to watch this first! Burning wood and solid fuels at home releases tiny particles of soot and dust that go deep into our organs, causing us #Health damage.
gumlet.tv
Do you know the hidden cost of wood burning?
ResearcherDrMathySannasiandgrassrootsairpollutioncampaigngroupMumsforLungshavecreatedthisshortanimationonwhathappenswhenwoodorsolidfuelisburntinastoveoropenfireplace.Beforeyoustartburningorconsiderin…
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Mums for Lungs @mumsforlungs.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
We have a new Minister for Roads, Justin Madders MP. Let's make sure he hears the need to take diesel cars emitting excess nitrogen oxides off our roads loud and clear! Send your email now with our quick e-action. 💪 💚
actionnetwork.org
Act now to protect children from toxic diesel
For over 10 years, successive Governments have known that diesel cars are polluting our air far more than the law allows, and have done next to nothing about it. To date, excess emissions from diesel…
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Mums for Lungs @mumsforlungs.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Three postcards, one message: Andy Burnham, deliver a Clean Air Act. Pick your favourite and send it to him at No. 10 today. mumsforlungs.justpost.cards #AirPollution #Health
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
For GOD'S SAKE. Massive landowners call for ban on disposable BBQs, but at the same time call for "a lifting of the ban on controlled burning" 'You oiks shouldn't burn moorland - that's OUR job' Entitled double standards. Ban both. @georgemonbiot.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
theguardian.com
Calls to ban disposable barbecues in England and Wales over wildfire risk
Lib Dems and many Labour MPs join farmers, landowners and firefighters in urging temporary prohibition
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Doctors and Scientists Against Wood Smoke Pollution @dsawsp.org · 01/08/2026
Great article about residential wood burning and wood smoke pollution by a Canadian journalist whose focus is on sustainability. (With an included kind mention of DSAWSP.)
torontosun.com
Where there's smoke, there's a health hazard for homeowners
Woodburning is a major source of harmful pollution in many communities, yet there is critical lack of awareness about this serious health and environmental issue.
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grumpycaterpillar.bsky.social @grumpycaterpillar.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjWm...
youtube.com
Is London's Air Really Cleaner Now?
YouTube video by Everything Electric TECH
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Science X / Phys.org @sciencex.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Fire-promoting summer days rose from fewer than 10 to around 25 across parts of Southern Europe since 1981. Annual fire counts fell about 40%, but hotter, drier weather may be raising harder-to-control risk. doi.org/hcc5r6
phys.org
Likelihood of wildfires in Southern Europe has doubled since the 80s, study shows
Summer days featuring conditions that promote wildfire ignition, intensity and spread have more than doubled across large parts of the Iberian Peninsula, France, Italy and Greece since 1981, according to a study in Scientific Reports.
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CleanAirForAll2 @cleanairforall2.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Wood burning reintroduces lead pollution into the air #Airpollution #Woodsmoke www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
Wood burning is reintroducing lead pollution into the air, US scientists find
Study of samples from seven winters suggests neurotoxic metal coming from wood itself rather than old paint
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Mums for Lungs @mumsforlungs.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Children have very little say in the air they breathe. But they're very welcome to have a say here! Help yours write a message to Andy Burnham asking for clean air. #AirPollution is the second leading risk factor for death in children under five in the UK. Let's get our new PM to change this.
mumsforlungs.justpost.cards
Prime Minister Burnham: we need clean air now!
Andy Burnham is our new Prime Minister, and he has the opportunity to deliver a new Clean Air Act that protects the health of everyone. Send him a postcard today and ask him to make clean air a…
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Doctors and Scientists Against Wood Smoke Pollution @dsawsp.org · 27/07/2026
“One of the most significant—and least publicly understood—sources [of air pollution in the Hudson Valley] is wood smoke. That revelation is difficult for many people to accept…”
chronogram.com
What's Polluting the Hudson Valley's Air?
The Hudson Valley has long been known for its fresh air. Until the air changes. Air pollution does not always arrive as an orange sky. It can come from traffic, industry, cooking, a neighbor’s woodsto...
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Dr Pete Knapp @peteknapp.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
My film ‘Fires and Fascism’ shows how community action against wildfires is a valuable and effective way to respond. It’s available in French. Get in touch to organise a screening: peteknapp1@proton.me Trailers: www.fires-and-fascism.co.uk @lessoulevements.bsky.social
BBC graph showing France has the worst wildfires in 20 years
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Mums for Lungs @mumsforlungs.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
More than 30,000 children in the UK have developed asthma from illegally high diesel emissions. Without action, there will be 12,000 more childhood cases by 2040. Watch our film, then email our leaders demanding action. www.mumsforlungs.org/news/the-die... #AirPollution #Diesel
A child on a swing, with grass and a railing in the background. She has a mini diesel exhaust in her mouth and it looks like she's smoking it. Black text on a white background says "What do you want your kids to breathe?"
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Mums for Lungs @mumsforlungs.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
This really exposes one of the flaws in the way air quality levels are reported. DEFRA's system is showing low #AirPollution despite huge peaks across Greater Manchester due to the wildfires. The same peaks in neighbourhoods are missed when people burn wood in their homes. #Health #ToxicAir
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Dr Gary Fuller @drgaryfuller.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
To see the climate crisis, step out of your front door. "In an area stretching from Kent to Lincolnshire, the average hottest day of the year was 4.5C warmer in the last decade than in 1961-1990" Piece by Ajit Niranjan on today's state of UK climate report. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
‘Unprecedented’ changes in UK climate are normalising extremes, report says
Annual State of the UK Climate analysis finds last four years in UK are in top five hottest on record
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Mums for Lungs @mumsforlungs.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
We're calling for immediate public health warnings after wildfire smoke has blanketed parts of Greater Manchester. As @lizgdfy.bsky.social says here, "Parents are understandably worried about their children breathing this air. Why are Greater Manchester residents not being warned?"
airqualitynews.com
No health warnings as wildfire smoke engulfs Greater Manchester
Campaigners are calling for immediate public health warnings after wildfire smoke blanketed parts of Greater Manchester, with air pollution levels recorded at up to 13 times the World Health Organizat...
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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Ultrafine particles: 'small size gives them a very large surface area relative to their mass, allowing them to penetrate deep into the lungs, bypass respiratory defenses + reach the bloodstream +, via the olfactory pathway through the nose, the brain directly.' medicalxpress.com/news/2026-07...
medicalxpress.com
Ultrafine air particles may drive 2 million premature deaths each year
Ultrafine particles (UFPs) –smaller than 100 nanometres and invisible to the naked eye—contribute substantially to illness and mortality worldwide. That is the finding of an international study led by...
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Mums for Lungs @mumsforlungs.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
IT'S OFFICIAL: judgment lands today in the #Diesel emissions trial. The diesel scandal isn't history - and the real scandal is that millions of illegally polluting cars are still on our roads today, making children sick. Watch our new film, then email our leaders demanding action. #AirPollution
mumsforlungs.org
The diesel scandal - still making our kids sick — Mums for Lungs
10th July 2026 Watch our new hard-hitting film about the diesel scandal and its impacts on children’s health.
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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Thousands of bathing sites across Europe, officially rated 'clean', are contaminated with chemicals of concern, according to an investigation by @correctiv.org. Mercury + old style fire retardants were the pollutants most often found: 🧵 correctiv.org/en/europe/20...
correctiv.org
Pesticides, Mercury, Lead: How Clean is Your Bathing Site Really?
Swimming waters at thousands of sites across Europe are contaminated with chemical pollutants, as this map by CORRECTIV reveals.
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Mums for Lungs @mumsforlungs.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Reducing #AirPollution is a massive win for health AND economy, as this new report from @cleanairfund.bsky.social shows. Cleaning up our air could result in 38 million additional working days by 2050 - that’s approx 168,000 full-time working years returned to the UK economy.
airqualitynews.com
Net zero policies could deliver £7.7bn economic boost through cleaner air
The UK’s journey to net zero could generate billions of pounds for the economy by improving air quality and reducing illness, according to a new report from the Clean Air Fund. The report, The Clean A...
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grumpycaterpillar.bsky.social @grumpycaterpillar.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
@katiewhitemp.bsky.social 🙏
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National Centre for Atmospheric Science @ncas-uk.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Let's bust some common myths about air pollution: #CleanAirDay @globalactionplan.bsky.social #earth-science #SciComm 🧪
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Mums for Lungs @mumsforlungs.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
There are 18 diesel vans for every electric one in the capital, and vans are now the single biggest transport source of NOx emissions in central and inner London. We're calling on the Mayor to act - starting with a zero-emission zone for freight. #AirPollution #ZeroEmissionZone
standard.co.uk
London needs Dutch-style zero emissions zone to curb diesel van use, Sadiq Khan told
Diesel van registrations by companies in London surpassed 100,000 for the first time on record at the end of 2025
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Mums for Lungs @mumsforlungs.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
This Inside Story on #AirPollution from @granthamicl.bsky.social is well worth a watch. The film features our volunteer Beth, who has a young child with lung problems, speaking about the impact on her family. "I can't go to work as a doctor, because my own child is impacted by the air quality".
youtube.com
Inside Story: The fight to clean up London’s air
This is a story about why air pollution is a public health issue, how making invisible pollution visible led to cleaner air, and why the fight now is to ensure everyone benefits equally. Hear…
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Doctors and Scientists Against Wood Smoke Pollution @dsawsp.org · 17/06/2026
Masterton, New Zealand has a big wood smoke pollution problem. A new report finds that the health-related costs of this pollution, including the economic impacts of premature deaths, comes out to around NZ$6,000 per resident.
thepost.co.nz
Clean air goal will take decades
So far this year, the air quality guideline for PM2.5 has been exceeded 29 times in Masterton.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.” Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life. Common sense. Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
washingtonpost.com
Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.
Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.
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Doctors and Scientists Against Wood Smoke Pollution @dsawsp.org · 08/06/2026
The Medical Journal of Australia’s InSight Plus has published an article about Asthma Australia’s recommendation to phase out wood heaters. “We want people to understand that woodfire smoke doesn’t just affect the household using it — it impacts neighbours and entire communities.”
insightplus.mja.com.au
Woodfire heaters must be phased out, says Asthma Australia
The harmful effects of woodfire heater smoke are coming under increased scrutiny, with Asthma Australia calling for a national approach from governments…
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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Well who would of thought it? The aviation industry promise of net zero in 2050 won't happen. It was promised 5 years ago on the basis of 'Sustainable Aviation Fuel' and offsets It turns out both are bollocks As many of us sceptically said at the time www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
Airline industry chiefs say 2050 net zero goal now unlikely
Iata boss Willie Walsh blames fuel suppliers, governments and aircraft makers, saying new ‘realistic timeline’ now needed
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Mums for Lungs @mumsforlungs.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Great work from @asthmaandlung.org.uk and @healthyairuk.bsky.social, exposing the murky world of #AirPollution monitoring across the country. Top line - the government says the air is fine when local authorities say it's not. See us after class, DEFRA.
thetimes.com
Scale of air pollution ‘four times as bad as official figures’
Government is accused of downplaying problem as local monitoring data suggests 19 of 31 areas in England have illegal levels of nitrogen dioxide
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Mums for Lungs @mumsforlungs.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Not sure how to engage with your new councillors about #AirPollution, #Climate & nature? On Monday at 8pm we're running a free session with Hope for the Future. Join us to get top tips on how to engage with your councillor, incl if they have different views to you. Sign up now!
hopeforthefuture.beaconforms.com
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Doctors and Scientists Against Wood Smoke Pollution @dsawsp.org · 04/06/2026
The ASA disregarded 2 peer-reviewed studies and a “memorandum of scientific support from an academic who specialised in air pollution, which stated agreement with the messaging in the ad campaign, and that the results were consistent with the burning of wood and solid fuel.” (From ASA’s statement.)
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Adam Vaughan @adamvaughan.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Almost four times as many areas of England are suffering from illegal levels of air pollution than official government figures suggest, according to local data. @asthmaandlung.org.uk & @healthyairuk.bsky.social accuse the govt of downplaying the scale of pollution. www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
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grumpycaterpillar.bsky.social @grumpycaterpillar.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
@leedscitycouncil.bsky.social @alexsobel.co.uk @katiewhitemp.bsky.social @ed-miliband.bsky.social @zackpolanski.bsky.social @elliechowns.bsky.social @carladenyer.bsky.social @adrianramsay.bsky.social @sianberry.bsky.social #cancer #health #dementia #stroke #asthma #heartdisease #airpollution
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Fiona Harvey @fionaharvey.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
I wrote this a year ago. Seems quite relevant again. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
How ‘out of touch’ Tony Blair became a serious threat to climate action
Even before his call for a net zero ‘reset’, there had been criticism of ex-PM’s lucrative links with fossil fuel nations
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Health Policy Watch - Global health news reporting @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
🫁“The price of climate change is paid by our lungs.” ⚠️Experts warn that children, older adults & people with chronic respiratory diseases are already facing the daily burden of dirty air, heatwaves & longer allergy seasons. @healthdiplomacy.bsky.social @drmarianeira.bsky.social 📰➡️ bit.ly/3RunT6i
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
#Glyphosate and #AMR - we are powering up resistance in multiple ways on this #PoisonedPlanet www.earth.com/news/glyphos...
earth.com
Common weedkiller linked to the development of superbugs in hospitals
Scientists have discovered that glyphosate weedkiller could contribute to the development of drug-resistant bacteria outside of hospitals.
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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Ban the production of plastic grass Please sign Petiton Plastic grass inevitably degrades into trillions of microplastic shards These shards become a significant pollutant, blowing across our gardens, infiltrating our soils, leaching into our waterways www.change.org/p/ban-the-pr...
change.org
Sign the Petition
Ban the production of plastic grass
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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
119 chemicals + human medicines detected in honey. One possible source? Sewage sludge spread on fields as fertiliser - which is treated to remove most pathogens but not chemicals + meds. @ceh.org @universityofleeds.bsky.social @fightingdirty.bsky.social share.google/trXhGuo7un0Z...
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‘A Trojan horse’: how toxic sewage sludge became a threat to the future of British farming
Sludge used as fertiliser on farmland contains harmful chemicals that scientists suspect are entering food chain
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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Tomorrow, I'll be a speaker at 'Europe's toxic legacy', a webinar based on some of the findings @watershed-i.bsky.social + @investigate-europe.eu made while reporting on pollution from historic landfills. There's still places available if you wish to join us: eu01web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Webinar: Europe's toxic legacy 

How historic landfills harm communities today 

20 May

16:00-17:00
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Mums for Lungs @mumsforlungs.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
"We were concerned that there were harmful elements that place the public at risk. It turns out that we were right". New study shows lead is being reintroduced into our air by #WoodBurning. Another reason to phase out unnecessary burning. #AirPollution
theguardian.com
Wood burning is reintroducing lead pollution into the air, US scientists find
Study of samples from seven winters suggests neurotoxic metal coming from wood itself rather than old paint
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Doctors and Scientists Against Wood Smoke Pollution @dsawsp.org · 12/05/2026
“A study released today has found a direct link between air pollution and hospitalisations in Australia. It has recommended banning wood fires and phasing out the sale of new diesel vehicles.”
abc.net.au
Diesel cars, wood fires contributing to pollution sending people to hospital
A new study has found a clear link between air pollution exposure and the risk of ending up in hospital. It's a battle Julia Ovens knows only too well.
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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
It's not just big spills: Seabirds exposed to ongoing, lower levels of oil + chemical pollution near rigs + pipelines can endure: - lesions in their digestive tracts - harm to lungs, liver, thyroid - can be less able to fly or hunt Report by @oceanauk.bsky.social uk.oceana.org/reports/sea-...
Leach's Storm Petrel flying over sea
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Mums for Lungs @mumsforlungs.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
It's your final chance to sign our open letter to the Prime Minister! We're urging Keir Starmer to deliver a #CleanAir Act - one that protects our kids and ensures a healthier nation. Please sign and share now! www.mumsforlungs.org/news/sign-ou...
mumsforlungs.org
Sign our open letter for a Clean Air Act — Mums for Lungs
29th April 2026 We've written an open letter to the Prime Minister asking him to deliver a Clean Air Act - sign before 10th May to urge him to act.
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Rachel Salvidge @rachelsalvidge.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
I nearly fell off my chair when I found out that Gibraltar HAS NEVER HAD A SEWAGE PLANT and therefore ALL ITS RAW, UNTREATED SEWAGE (from a mere 40,000 people and their businesses) is dumped straight into the MEDITERRANEAN Sea. Great work, guys. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
theguardian.com
Gibraltar dumping all of its raw sewage into Mediterranean
Wastewater from nearly 40,000 people and businesses pumped straight into sea as territory still has no treatment plant
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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
European Commission enters the final stages of restricting some of the most harmful chemicals in children's products...9 years after the restrictions were first proposed Critics argue chemical regulation moves too slowly + doesn't do enough to protect children: chemtrust.org/childcare_pr...
chemtrust.org
Toxic-free childcare products – Europe’s fast track restriction in the slow lane
The European Commission is in the final stages of restricting some of the most harmful chemicals used in childcare products, nine years after first identifying this as a problem. The measure uses a fa...
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