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ICYMI yesterday | Another nail in the coffin of #WoodBurningStoves as evidence of harms piles up. #BanWoodburning www.gov.uk/government/s... and cleanair.london/policy/clean...
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Breathing in air pollution from wood burning increases your risk of heart and lung disease, asthma, diabetes and dementia.
Even homes with newer “Ecodesign” wood burners are three times more polluted than those without.
This #CleanAirNight, share the facts about wood burning.
This isn’t about blame.
It highlights a training gap and the need to better support staff to apply safeguarding and infection control policies.
Parents and those working in early years, healthcare, or education - I’d welcome your thoughts.
#EarlyYearsWorkforce #Healthcare #Education
Removing an unwell child is not about what has already happened.
It is about preventing further exposure and reducing risk for other children and staff.
#HealthProtection #SafeguardingChildren
The answer sits in concepts that are rarely covered in early years training:
• viral load
• cumulative exposure
• ventilation and air changes
• duration of exposure and risk escalation
#Ventilation #CleanAir #PublicHealth
A question that comes up surprisingly often is:
“Why remove an infectious child when they’ve already been in the room all day?”
#InfectionControl #Childcare
From raising a safeguarding concern myself and speaking with multiple parents, a pattern seems to emerge.
There is wide variation between nurseries / early years settings, and often a lack of shared understanding of the rationale behind policies.
#Nursery #EarlyYearsEducation
Safeguarding systems often fail not because policies are missing - but because staff are not supported to understand why those policies exist.
This is something I’ve seen first-hand, and it keeps coming up in conversations with other parents.
#Safeguarding #EarlyYears
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Run those air cleaners harder than ever. (I know some people turned them off or down so they could better hear horns or whistles but it might be time to crank them up.)
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Condensation and mould are not inevitable.
With the right ventilation, winter homes can stay warm, dry and mould free.
Let us know if it makes a difference in your home.
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Dehumidifiers help. We use them at home.
They reduce the amount of water in the air, which can lower condensation risk.
They do not exchange indoor air for outdoor air, so moisture improves but the air itself is not refreshed.
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Timing matters.
Shock ventilation works best after the heating has been on, then switched off.
Furniture and walls retain heat far better than air, so once the windows close, the house stays warm and the air has been refreshed.
Ten minutes is usually enough.
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In Germany, a different approach is widely used.
It is called Stoßlüften, often translated as shock or rapid ventilation.
Windows fully open.
For a short burst.
Then closed again.
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Our usual response?
Wipe the windows.
A window cracked open.
All day.
In the cold.
This rarely changes the air properly and often just makes rooms colder, so everything gets shut again.
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Winter makes the problem worse.
Cold outdoor air cools window panes more quickly.
Warm indoor air holds more moisture.
The bigger the temperature difference, the faster condensation forms, especially in older or single-glazed homes.
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Modern British homes are very good at staying warm.
They are also very good at staying sealed.
When moisture cannot escape, indoor humidity rises and the coldest surface in the room, usually the window, is where condensation appears first.
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Where does all that moisture come from?
Everyday life.
Cooking. Showering. Drying clothes indoors, especially on radiators or heated towel rails.
Even breathing.
A typical household produces several pints of water vapour every day just by being occupied.
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Seeing condensation on windows may make you reach for a cloth and wipe it away, but there’s a better way.
Condensation forms when warm, moist air meets a colder surface, such as a window. As the air cools below its dew point, excess moisture turns into water droplets.
The British seem to have accepted condensation and sometimes mould, as an inevitable part of winter.
Did you know it doesn’t have to be that way?
Merry Christmas 🎄 🥂
Most winter bugs don’t mainly spread via touch. Flu, RSV, COVID, colds and more spread through shared indoor air - even without coughing. Normal breathing and talking is enough. Open the windows, even just a bit. Freshen the air.
#IndoorAirQuality #CleanAirWhere
Study in Helsinki indicating benefits of portable air cleaners on lowering infection risk in daycare centers, less absences & parent absences from work in intervention vs. reference (no air cleaner) groups. Cleaning indoor air is not difficult and it works.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
🧵1/ Flu is surging again, & patterns look uncomfortably familiar. The lesson from covid remains unchanged: individual responsibility isn’t enough. We need systemic measures that make protective behaviours easy. @profstevegriffin.bsky.social Stephen Reicher & I offer some thoughts @bmj.com
16.12.2025 11:49 — 👍 317 🔁 124 💬 3 📌 17❤️ thank you for masking too.
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For anyone new here - I’m Hannah, an NHS radiographer and a mum
In 2020, I went down a clean air information wormhole and it completely changed how I see everyday life - our health, energy, and how we function day to day
Clean Air Where grew from that shift in perspective
#CleanAir #AirQuality
We're half a decade into studies finding that improving airflow in classrooms will reduce disease transmission enormously, and that bleaching surfaces etc. does very little. And yet nothing changes. Waves of flu and colds wash over schools, and the schools pretend it's an act of God.
08.12.2025 04:23 — 👍 4094 🔁 1466 💬 77 📌 60
Know a venue with outdoor space or decent ventilation? Reply or DM me and I’ll add it.
www.cleanairwhere.com
A small update as the Clean Air Where map starts to grow, one pin at a time.
10 London spots added, all with outdoor space and added for free to help people find safer places this season.
It’s early days but every pin helps someone choose somewhere they can actually go…
Myth: Cold weather makes you sick
Reality: Shared indoor air does
❄️ Cold ≠ illness
🦠 Viruses spread fastest in indoor, poorly ventilated spaces
🌬️ Outside is one of the safest places to be
• Wrap up warm
• Don’t fear the cold
• Prioritise ventilation + filtration
Clean air prevents illness -not coats
While fresh air is good, trying to clean the air chemically is not. The atmospheric chemistry community has been saying this for a long time; the best ways of cleaning indoor air is physical removal (filters/sorbents/air exchange).
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