Mums for Lungs
@mumsforlungs.bsky.social
We are a UK network seriously concerned about #AirPollution’s impact on children’s health. All welcome, not just mums.
Media: email [email protected]
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Wood-burning stoves could face partial ban in Labour’s updated environment plan
Exclusive: Pollution targets set out alongside nature recovery projects to allay concerns over housebuilding
www.theguardian.com
We’ve been urging the government to commit to stronger targets for years, so we're pleased that the government has finally listened.
The devil is in the detail. #AirPollution is largely below these levels already across the country and is still making hundreds of thousands of people sick.
The devil is in the detail. #AirPollution is largely below these levels already across the country and is still making hundreds of thousands of people sick.
The further we reduce PM2.5, the better it is for our #Health.
New research from UCL shows that exercising in areas of raised PM2.5 pollution reduces the health benefits of being active. More evidence that we need to be heading towards World Health Organization #AirPollution guideline levels.
New research from UCL shows that exercising in areas of raised PM2.5 pollution reduces the health benefits of being active. More evidence that we need to be heading towards World Health Organization #AirPollution guideline levels.
Exercise benefits are diminished by air pollution - AirQualityNews
The benefits of regular exercise, long considered to be one of the most effective ways to reduce the risk of premature death, may be undermined by poor air quality, according to new research. The…
airqualitynews.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:00 AM
The further we reduce PM2.5, the better it is for our #Health.
New research from UCL shows that exercising in areas of raised PM2.5 pollution reduces the health benefits of being active. More evidence that we need to be heading towards World Health Organization #AirPollution guideline levels.
New research from UCL shows that exercising in areas of raised PM2.5 pollution reduces the health benefits of being active. More evidence that we need to be heading towards World Health Organization #AirPollution guideline levels.
Today's BBC #Carspreading article takes a good look at the issue of the rise of the SUV, with reasons and solutions, but doesn't mention #RoadDanger at all. Children are 82% more likely to suffer fatal injuries in an SUV collision than one involving a car. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
December 3, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Today's BBC #Carspreading article takes a good look at the issue of the rise of the SUV, with reasons and solutions, but doesn't mention #RoadDanger at all. Children are 82% more likely to suffer fatal injuries in an SUV collision than one involving a car. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Clean Air Night is on January 22nd this year. Can you share the facts about #WoodBurning so we can protect the health of everyone in our communities?
Burning wood doesn’t just pollute your home - it also pollutes your local community and harms the #Health of your neighbours. #CleanAirNight
Burning wood doesn’t just pollute your home - it also pollutes your local community and harms the #Health of your neighbours. #CleanAirNight
Clean Air Hub | Global Action Plan
Clean Air Hub from Global Action Plan - everything you need to know about air pollution in one place.
cleanairhub.org.uk
December 3, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Clean Air Night is on January 22nd this year. Can you share the facts about #WoodBurning so we can protect the health of everyone in our communities?
Burning wood doesn’t just pollute your home - it also pollutes your local community and harms the #Health of your neighbours. #CleanAirNight
Burning wood doesn’t just pollute your home - it also pollutes your local community and harms the #Health of your neighbours. #CleanAirNight
Thank you @helenhayes.bsky.social for asking this question about the recall of #Diesel vehicles fitted with defeat devices.
We're glad to have it confirmed by @simonlightwood.org.uk that the Market Surveillance Unit will recall vehicles where necessary.
www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=20...
We're glad to have it confirmed by @simonlightwood.org.uk that the Market Surveillance Unit will recall vehicles where necessary.
www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=20...
December 2, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Thank you @helenhayes.bsky.social for asking this question about the recall of #Diesel vehicles fitted with defeat devices.
We're glad to have it confirmed by @simonlightwood.org.uk that the Market Surveillance Unit will recall vehicles where necessary.
www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=20...
We're glad to have it confirmed by @simonlightwood.org.uk that the Market Surveillance Unit will recall vehicles where necessary.
www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=20...
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Have a look at how much we are using each source.
Road Transport - LOTS.
Wood Burning - Not a lot at all.
And then look at the pollution from each source.
We have over 40 million vehicles, and about 3 million wood burners.
Yet wood burning is about the same amount of pollution.
Road Transport - LOTS.
Wood Burning - Not a lot at all.
And then look at the pollution from each source.
We have over 40 million vehicles, and about 3 million wood burners.
Yet wood burning is about the same amount of pollution.
December 2, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Have a look at how much we are using each source.
Road Transport - LOTS.
Wood Burning - Not a lot at all.
And then look at the pollution from each source.
We have over 40 million vehicles, and about 3 million wood burners.
Yet wood burning is about the same amount of pollution.
Road Transport - LOTS.
Wood Burning - Not a lot at all.
And then look at the pollution from each source.
We have over 40 million vehicles, and about 3 million wood burners.
Yet wood burning is about the same amount of pollution.
“18 years without a car, I suppose we’ll need to buy an EV now and have it sat in a kerbside parking space for 98% of its life.”
A good read on Zipcar's decision to close. We hope there's a way to turn this around. #ZeroEmission #AirPollution
A good read on Zipcar's decision to close. We hope there's a way to turn this around. #ZeroEmission #AirPollution
Why Zipcar gave up on London
The car-sharing scheme was hit by rapidly increased costs, a new congestion charge, and a lack of support from councils.
www.londoncentric.media
December 2, 2025 at 10:22 AM
“18 years without a car, I suppose we’ll need to buy an EV now and have it sat in a kerbside parking space for 98% of its life.”
A good read on Zipcar's decision to close. We hope there's a way to turn this around. #ZeroEmission #AirPollution
A good read on Zipcar's decision to close. We hope there's a way to turn this around. #ZeroEmission #AirPollution
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Not sure what we will do, but having very local access to Zipcar was a core part of our decision to sell our own car.
Zipcar's UK closure is devastating loss to shared economy, and to those of us who used it to avoid ever owning a car.
UK's low VED (annual car tax), hidden subsidies for residential parking and TfL's ambivalence to car sharing all take share of blame.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
UK's low VED (annual car tax), hidden subsidies for residential parking and TfL's ambivalence to car sharing all take share of blame.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Zipcar, world’s biggest car-sharing company, to close UK operation
Move by firm, owned by US group Avis Budget, will remove access to shared fleet across London at end of year
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Not sure what we will do, but having very local access to Zipcar was a core part of our decision to sell our own car.
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Breaking: @emmahardymp.bsky.social publishes Environmental Improvement Plan 2025. Simon Birkett @cleanairlondon.bsky.social commented: "It's a step in the right direction but far adrift from the EU's new legal standards for #AirQuality in 2030. We need #EllasLaw, NO2 of 20 and a pathway to WHO AQGs"
December 1, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Breaking: @emmahardymp.bsky.social publishes Environmental Improvement Plan 2025. Simon Birkett @cleanairlondon.bsky.social commented: "It's a step in the right direction but far adrift from the EU's new legal standards for #AirQuality in 2030. We need #EllasLaw, NO2 of 20 and a pathway to WHO AQGs"
More on the revised Environmental Improvement Plan, published today.
"Government must now match this ambition with sustained investment in local authorities, and by acting on major sources of pollution, including through its consultation on wood burning." @impurbanhealth.bsky.social #CleanAir
"Government must now match this ambition with sustained investment in local authorities, and by acting on major sources of pollution, including through its consultation on wood burning." @impurbanhealth.bsky.social #CleanAir
Environmental Improvement Plan sets out UK’s air quality ambitions
The Government has today launched its Environmental Improvement Plan, setting out goals and commitments to improving the natural environment and outlining measures to improve air quality and the publi...
airqualitynews.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:50 PM
More on the revised Environmental Improvement Plan, published today.
"Government must now match this ambition with sustained investment in local authorities, and by acting on major sources of pollution, including through its consultation on wood burning." @impurbanhealth.bsky.social #CleanAir
"Government must now match this ambition with sustained investment in local authorities, and by acting on major sources of pollution, including through its consultation on wood burning." @impurbanhealth.bsky.social #CleanAir
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Hazel is a Winchester local who moved into a property with a wood burner many years ago. She started using it to heat her home, but after learning about air pollution she became concerned about the impacts it might be having on her health and eventually replaced it with an electric stove.
December 1, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Hazel is a Winchester local who moved into a property with a wood burner many years ago. She started using it to heat her home, but after learning about air pollution she became concerned about the impacts it might be having on her health and eventually replaced it with an electric stove.
We’ve been urging the government to commit to stronger targets for years, so we're pleased that the government has finally listened.
The devil is in the detail. #AirPollution is largely below these levels already across the country and is still making hundreds of thousands of people sick.
The devil is in the detail. #AirPollution is largely below these levels already across the country and is still making hundreds of thousands of people sick.
Wood-burning stoves could face partial ban in Labour’s updated environment plan
Exclusive: Pollution targets set out alongside nature recovery projects to allay concerns over housebuilding
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:51 AM
We’ve been urging the government to commit to stronger targets for years, so we're pleased that the government has finally listened.
The devil is in the detail. #AirPollution is largely below these levels already across the country and is still making hundreds of thousands of people sick.
The devil is in the detail. #AirPollution is largely below these levels already across the country and is still making hundreds of thousands of people sick.
Happy 1st December! Have you ordered your free Christmas cards yet?
We're offering our Christmas cards again this year - please join us in sending season's greetings while sharing facts and tips on how to reduce #AirPollution. You can order yours at the link.
We're offering our Christmas cards again this year - please join us in sending season's greetings while sharing facts and tips on how to reduce #AirPollution. You can order yours at the link.
Christmas Cards 2025 — Mums for Lungs
November 5th 2025 Our Christmas cards are back by popular demand! Join us in sending season’s greetings while also sharing simple ideas on reducing air pollution in our everyday lives.
www.mumsforlungs.org
December 1, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Happy 1st December! Have you ordered your free Christmas cards yet?
We're offering our Christmas cards again this year - please join us in sending season's greetings while sharing facts and tips on how to reduce #AirPollution. You can order yours at the link.
We're offering our Christmas cards again this year - please join us in sending season's greetings while sharing facts and tips on how to reduce #AirPollution. You can order yours at the link.
How much #AirPollution is created when you burn wood?
👉 Defra approved/#Ecodesign stove = 400 times more polluting than a gas boiler.
👉 Open fire = 4000 times more polluting than a gas boiler.
Please think twice about burning if you don't need to.
#WoodBurning
👉 Defra approved/#Ecodesign stove = 400 times more polluting than a gas boiler.
👉 Open fire = 4000 times more polluting than a gas boiler.
Please think twice about burning if you don't need to.
#WoodBurning
November 30, 2025 at 5:01 PM
How much #AirPollution is created when you burn wood?
👉 Defra approved/#Ecodesign stove = 400 times more polluting than a gas boiler.
👉 Open fire = 4000 times more polluting than a gas boiler.
Please think twice about burning if you don't need to.
#WoodBurning
👉 Defra approved/#Ecodesign stove = 400 times more polluting than a gas boiler.
👉 Open fire = 4000 times more polluting than a gas boiler.
Please think twice about burning if you don't need to.
#WoodBurning
Join us and AWAIR tomorrow (30th) for a free Walk & Talk exploring local #AirPollution displays in Gipsy Hill.
Meet at 5pm at the Gipsy Hill Taproom, SE27, and join our friendly chat about how pollution affects our health & daily lives.
Book your spot here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/walk-talk-...
Meet at 5pm at the Gipsy Hill Taproom, SE27, and join our friendly chat about how pollution affects our health & daily lives.
Book your spot here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/walk-talk-...
November 29, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Join us and AWAIR tomorrow (30th) for a free Walk & Talk exploring local #AirPollution displays in Gipsy Hill.
Meet at 5pm at the Gipsy Hill Taproom, SE27, and join our friendly chat about how pollution affects our health & daily lives.
Book your spot here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/walk-talk-...
Meet at 5pm at the Gipsy Hill Taproom, SE27, and join our friendly chat about how pollution affects our health & daily lives.
Book your spot here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/walk-talk-...
Free Christmas cards!
We're offering our Christmas cards again this year - please join us in sending season's greetings while sharing facts and tips on how to reduce #AirPollution. You can order yours at the link.
We're offering our Christmas cards again this year - please join us in sending season's greetings while sharing facts and tips on how to reduce #AirPollution. You can order yours at the link.
Christmas Cards 2025 — Mums for Lungs
November 5th 2025 Our Christmas cards are back by popular demand! Join us in sending season’s greetings while also sharing simple ideas on reducing air pollution in our everyday lives.
www.mumsforlungs.org
November 28, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Free Christmas cards!
We're offering our Christmas cards again this year - please join us in sending season's greetings while sharing facts and tips on how to reduce #AirPollution. You can order yours at the link.
We're offering our Christmas cards again this year - please join us in sending season's greetings while sharing facts and tips on how to reduce #AirPollution. You can order yours at the link.
❤️ We love creative alternatives to fireplaces.❤️
Tag us in a picture of yours if you've found things to do with it other than burn stuff. We want to inspire people to find different ways to enjoy their fireplace or stove ❤️ .
Change is possible! #FireplaceFlip #AirPollution
📸: Jenny K
Tag us in a picture of yours if you've found things to do with it other than burn stuff. We want to inspire people to find different ways to enjoy their fireplace or stove ❤️ .
Change is possible! #FireplaceFlip #AirPollution
📸: Jenny K
November 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
❤️ We love creative alternatives to fireplaces.❤️
Tag us in a picture of yours if you've found things to do with it other than burn stuff. We want to inspire people to find different ways to enjoy their fireplace or stove ❤️ .
Change is possible! #FireplaceFlip #AirPollution
📸: Jenny K
Tag us in a picture of yours if you've found things to do with it other than burn stuff. We want to inspire people to find different ways to enjoy their fireplace or stove ❤️ .
Change is possible! #FireplaceFlip #AirPollution
📸: Jenny K
Did you know that Controlled Parking Zones are good for children's #Health? Find out why in our blog.
Key takeaway: CPZs are part of how we reduce driving and its contribution to #Climate change. Let's embrace them 💚. #AirPollution
Key takeaway: CPZs are part of how we reduce driving and its contribution to #Climate change. Let's embrace them 💚. #AirPollution
Why Controlled Parking Zones are good for children’s health — Mums for Lungs
It can be hard to connect children’s health with Controlled Parking Zones (CPZs); how can being able to park affect how healthy our children are? Find out why, if we want healthier, calmer and safer…
www.mumsforlungs.org
November 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Did you know that Controlled Parking Zones are good for children's #Health? Find out why in our blog.
Key takeaway: CPZs are part of how we reduce driving and its contribution to #Climate change. Let's embrace them 💚. #AirPollution
Key takeaway: CPZs are part of how we reduce driving and its contribution to #Climate change. Let's embrace them 💚. #AirPollution
#GreaterManchester, would you like a calmer, safer, less polluted journey to school? #SchoolStreets reduce traffic and #AirPollution - win!
We're keen to hear from people in #Bury, #Oldham, #Rochdale & #Tameside who are interested. Get in touch with Liz at [email protected] if that's you!
We're keen to hear from people in #Bury, #Oldham, #Rochdale & #Tameside who are interested. Get in touch with Liz at [email protected] if that's you!
November 26, 2025 at 5:03 PM
#GreaterManchester, would you like a calmer, safer, less polluted journey to school? #SchoolStreets reduce traffic and #AirPollution - win!
We're keen to hear from people in #Bury, #Oldham, #Rochdale & #Tameside who are interested. Get in touch with Liz at [email protected] if that's you!
We're keen to hear from people in #Bury, #Oldham, #Rochdale & #Tameside who are interested. Get in touch with Liz at [email protected] if that's you!
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Interesting piece here about how EVs can make you feel sick - but for me it’s a reminder that the fewer car trips we all take, the better we feel. Cleaner, greener ways of getting around really do make a difference 💚
@mumsforlungs.bsky.social
inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...
@mumsforlungs.bsky.social
inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...
November 26, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Interesting piece here about how EVs can make you feel sick - but for me it’s a reminder that the fewer car trips we all take, the better we feel. Cleaner, greener ways of getting around really do make a difference 💚
@mumsforlungs.bsky.social
inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...
@mumsforlungs.bsky.social
inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...
Thanks to @josiah.writes.news for covering the #AirPollution funding scandal. The Conservatives provided £225 million in 2020/21, yet last year Labour allocated just £1.5m, despite saying they'd spent £575m.
We hope to see the Air Quality Fund reinstated today.
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/21/t...
We hope to see the Air Quality Fund reinstated today.
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/21/t...
November 26, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Thanks to @josiah.writes.news for covering the #AirPollution funding scandal. The Conservatives provided £225 million in 2020/21, yet last year Labour allocated just £1.5m, despite saying they'd spent £575m.
We hope to see the Air Quality Fund reinstated today.
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/21/t...
We hope to see the Air Quality Fund reinstated today.
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/21/t...
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Delighted to represent @mumsforlungs.bsky.social at the Healthy Air, Healthy Lives conference on Saturday. It was a really informative day - from air-quality insights to media training - and great to connect with people working for cleaner air.
Thank you to Florence and @waseemzaffar.bsky.social
Thank you to Florence and @waseemzaffar.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Delighted to represent @mumsforlungs.bsky.social at the Healthy Air, Healthy Lives conference on Saturday. It was a really informative day - from air-quality insights to media training - and great to connect with people working for cleaner air.
Thank you to Florence and @waseemzaffar.bsky.social
Thank you to Florence and @waseemzaffar.bsky.social
Join us and AWAIR on Sunday (30th) for a free Walk & Talk exploring local #AirPollution displays in Gipsy Hill.
Meet at 5pm at the Gipsy Hill Taproom, SE27, and join our friendly chat about how pollution affects our health & daily lives.
Book your spot here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/walk-talk-...
Meet at 5pm at the Gipsy Hill Taproom, SE27, and join our friendly chat about how pollution affects our health & daily lives.
Book your spot here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/walk-talk-...
November 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Join us and AWAIR on Sunday (30th) for a free Walk & Talk exploring local #AirPollution displays in Gipsy Hill.
Meet at 5pm at the Gipsy Hill Taproom, SE27, and join our friendly chat about how pollution affects our health & daily lives.
Book your spot here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/walk-talk-...
Meet at 5pm at the Gipsy Hill Taproom, SE27, and join our friendly chat about how pollution affects our health & daily lives.
Book your spot here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/walk-talk-...
Free Christmas cards!
We're offering our Christmas cards again this year - please join us in sending season's greetings while sharing facts and tips on how to reduce #AirPollution. You can order yours at the link.
We're offering our Christmas cards again this year - please join us in sending season's greetings while sharing facts and tips on how to reduce #AirPollution. You can order yours at the link.
Christmas Cards 2025 — Mums for Lungs
November 5th 2025 Our Christmas cards are back by popular demand! Join us in sending season’s greetings while also sharing simple ideas on reducing air pollution in our everyday lives.
www.mumsforlungs.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Free Christmas cards!
We're offering our Christmas cards again this year - please join us in sending season's greetings while sharing facts and tips on how to reduce #AirPollution. You can order yours at the link.
We're offering our Christmas cards again this year - please join us in sending season's greetings while sharing facts and tips on how to reduce #AirPollution. You can order yours at the link.
Do you trust car manufacturers to tell the truth about the #Health & environmental impacts of their cars?
63% of British adults don't.
Where illegal activity is shown by the #Dieselgate trial, the Government needs to enforce recalls, paid for by manufacturers. @clientearth.bsky.social
63% of British adults don't.
Where illegal activity is shown by the #Dieselgate trial, the Government needs to enforce recalls, paid for by manufacturers. @clientearth.bsky.social
Public do not trust car manufacturers as new Dieselgate case begins in High Court | ClientEarth
New polling shows the British public want accountability.
www.clientearth.org
November 25, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Do you trust car manufacturers to tell the truth about the #Health & environmental impacts of their cars?
63% of British adults don't.
Where illegal activity is shown by the #Dieselgate trial, the Government needs to enforce recalls, paid for by manufacturers. @clientearth.bsky.social
63% of British adults don't.
Where illegal activity is shown by the #Dieselgate trial, the Government needs to enforce recalls, paid for by manufacturers. @clientearth.bsky.social
A month today, Father Christmas will be busy squeezing down chimneys.
Did you know that burning wood produces benzene, formaldehyde, arsenic, mercury (& more)?
Help us protect Father C's lungs; please don't burn if you don't need to 🙏 .
www.dsawsp.org/health/wood-...
Did you know that burning wood produces benzene, formaldehyde, arsenic, mercury (& more)?
Help us protect Father C's lungs; please don't burn if you don't need to 🙏 .
www.dsawsp.org/health/wood-...
November 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
A month today, Father Christmas will be busy squeezing down chimneys.
Did you know that burning wood produces benzene, formaldehyde, arsenic, mercury (& more)?
Help us protect Father C's lungs; please don't burn if you don't need to 🙏 .
www.dsawsp.org/health/wood-...
Did you know that burning wood produces benzene, formaldehyde, arsenic, mercury (& more)?
Help us protect Father C's lungs; please don't burn if you don't need to 🙏 .
www.dsawsp.org/health/wood-...