🧵 1/ Pregnant women are told to avoid soft cheese, alcohol, raw fish and too much caffeine. We strongly promote vaccination, but we rarely talk about preventing exposure in the first place.

1/4 🧵 Buying a HEPA filtration unit is only the first step. Whether it’s for a school, nursery, workplace or care home, education is just as important as the equipment itself.

We often talk about CO₂, but NO₂ can also affect the air we breathe. Here’s a quick guide to where it comes from, why it matters and how to reduce exposure. 👇 #IndoorAirQuality #AirQuality #NO2 #CleanAirWhere #RespiratoryHealth

A US study of 97 households found replacing gas stoves with induction was associated with: • 70% lower indoor NO₂ • 70% fewer asthma-related hospital visits • 80% fewer days missed from work or school The study ended early, so larger studies are still needed to confirm these findings. Link below

🌡️ Most people are surprised to learn that the NHS advises against using electric fans once indoor temperatures exceed 35°C. Fans don’t cool the air - they cool you by helping sweat evaporate. Once the air becomes hotter than your skin, that cooling effect is no longer effective.

Here’s a few things you should know about wildfire smoke. 👇

🧵 1/4 📚 Case Study 3 Improving Indoor Air Quality in a Primary School Lessness Heath Primary School wanted to explore how improving indoor air quality could support healthier learning environments and contribute to its wider wellbeing and attendance strategy. 👇

“Teaching is one of the most vulnerable jobs for COVID and Long COVID. If people are sick more often, it’s best not to force them into sick buildings more often.” @teachrprecarity.bsky.social

It’s no surprise more workers and students are calling in sick

Countries are witnessing record sick leave as Long COVID affects millions, leading to renewed discussions on workplace safety and workers’ rights.

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CVF are right, this is HUGE news 🙌

Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗@cvcev.bsky.social · last mo.

🚨 2 *HUGE* WINS for children's health have just been written into DfE statutory guidance - and the media didn't notice them! If your child is Clinically Vulnerable due to asthma or allergies, this changes what you can demand from their school. 1/🧵 www.clinicallyvulnerable.org/post/allergy...

🧵 1/4 📚 Case Study 1 Creating a Healthier Nursery Environment Following the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, we worked with an early years setting in South East London to improve indoor air quality. 👇

🧵 1/7 Wouldn’t it be great if every classroom had one of these? Less viruses. Less allergens. Less dust and pollution.

🌬️ Today is #CleanAirDay. Air pollution affects the air we breathe outdoors and indoors. Walk more. Drive less. Avoid wood burning where possible. Clean air shouldn’t be a privilege. Thanks to @globalactionplan.bsky.social for keeping clean air on the agenda.

1/8 🧵 Today I am launching Clean Air Where’s indoor air quality training for schools, nurseries and childcare settings.

Why do I post about air quality? 🌬️

New research finds “half or more of the gap in life outcomes between older and younger siblings can be attributed to pathogens inadvertently brought home by older siblings,” and while we didn’t really need more reasons to clean the air in schools, it’s one more reason.

🇧🇪🍺💨 Belgium takes indoor air quality more seriously than we do. #IndoorAirQuality #CleanAir #Ventilation #PublicHealth #CleanAirWhere

Florence Nightingale wrote about the importance of fresh air, sunlight and good nutrition over 150 years ago. Good to see King’s College Hospital opening a rooftop garden for critical care patients. This isn’t new. We’re rediscovering something we already knew. www.kch.nhs.uk/news/outdoor...

Parents of children with wheeze or asthma: Have you noticed air pollution making symptoms worse? Or is it mainly viruses in your experience? This little inhaler is very new to us and we’re still figuring it all out.

Filtering the air may help prevent your own infection from becoming more severe If everyone in a household becomes infected with the same virus, does it help to isolate from each other and can you be a danger to yourself? Read on to find out... 🧪🧵1/ #AirQuality #IAQ #Ventilation #Infection #COVID

🧵 1/2 What actually is an air purifier? Think of it like a vacuum cleaner for the air. A good HEPA air purifier can help capture: 🔬 PM2.5 pollution 🐛 Dust mite allergens 🍄 Mould spores 🐾 Pet dander 🌿 Pollen 🚗 Pollution that drifts indoors

If it’s hotter outside, you’re letting heat in. Open windows early morning and late evening instead. Keep the blinds closed during the day. Closed windows can also mean rising CO₂ indoors - so if everyone feels sluggish, it might not just be the heat. #Heatwave #IndoorAirQuality #CleanAirWhere

🧵1/4 Children with SEND are disproportionately affected by their environment. We talk about calm spaces, sensory rooms and adapted teaching. But we are missing something important - indoor air quality.

Brilliant initiative - this is exactly what schools need. At Clean Air Where we are working on the training side of this - helping staff understand why IAQ matters so the standards actually land. Excited to be part of this.

GO AQS@goaqs.bsky.social · 3mo ago

GO AQS Launches “GO IAQS for Schools”: A Global Initiative to Thriving Classrooms GO AQS (Global Open Air Quality Standards) is proud to announce the introduction of GO IAQS for Schools, a strategic plan designed to transform educational environments from passive shelters into active,…

🧵1/4 The SEND consultation closes tonight at midnight. Every Child Achieving and Thriving covers calm, safe classrooms, specialist support, behaviour, curriculum and funding. It talks about environment. It does not mention the air in it.

🧵1/6 How is anyone supposed to thrive when their environment is affecting their mood, concentration and ability to think clearly? Most of us accept feeling foggy as normal. It is not. It is often the air.

🧵1/6 It is Mental Health Awareness Week. The theme is Action. Here is one action nobody is talking about. Improving the air quality in the room you are in right now.

I took my CO₂ monitor to vote last week. Good reading, but almost accidental. For clinically vulnerable people, air quality at a polling station is a barrier to democracy. Open the windows. @CEVFamilies #CleanAirWhere #Ventilation #CEV #AccessibleDemocracy

🧵1/6 The UK’s new National Allergy Strategy calls for ventilation, filtration and exposure reduction as key prevention priorities. Here is what that means in practice. The air inside your home and workplace could be triggering your allergies.

A New Children’s Book Empowers Young Readers to Breathe Clean Indoor Air Nicholas isn’t your average kid. He has a unique superpower: he can see invisible air pollution. When Nicholas notices these harmful particles making his classmates sick, he knows he must take action. But how can you fight…

A New Children’s Book Empowers Young Readers to Breathe Clean Indoor Air

Nicholas isn’t your average kid. He has a unique superpower: he can see invisible air pollution. When Nicholas notices these harmful particles making his classmates sick, he knows he must take action. But how can you fight something you can’t see? In this captivating new children’s book, Nicholas Tackles Indoor Air Quality, young readers join Nicholas on an exciting adventure to improve indoor air quality.

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🧵1/4 The UK just launched its first ever National Allergy Strategy. One of its five goals is prevention. And prevention includes the everyday environments we occupy. Indoor air is part of that picture.