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Tag Archives: exposure

How is this legal?

For the last six years, Breathe Clean Air has been asking for change that will clean up our air and […]

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Australia: regulatory failure and lack of stove replacements costing lives and money

An article from Australia, “Wood heaters: lung cancer risk equivalent to passive smoking” highlights the failure of programs that emphasize […]

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Wood stoves triple PM2.5 inside homes

According to a recent article in the Guardian “Wood burners triple the level of harmful pollution particles inside homes and […]

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Letter to elected officials: Improve health outcomes by reducing burning

Breathe Clean Air sent this letter to local elected officials today. If you are concerned about the impacts of burning […]

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This National Non-Smoking Week we need action on this 2nd hand smoke

This week, Breathe Clean Air circulated this image to elected officials, health organizations and others to highlight the huge source […]

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Check out our new ad!

Breathe Clean Air’s new 1/4 page ad highlights the health impacts of wood smoke pollution (see p. 38 of the […]

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What people hear when they get sick

Many people would express sympathy if you got sick from being exposed to secondhand cigarette smoke. They would understand the […]

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Non-Smokers dying of lung cancer

According to an article in the Guardian, a recent study shows that 1 in 6 people in the UK who […]

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For COPD patients: Biomass Smoke Likened to Risk Posed By Tobacco Smoke

According to the website, COPD News Today, “Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients who are exposed frequently to biomass smoke emitted […]

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These houses cost an arm, leg and a lung

Does air pollution impact real estate values? Should it? Many times people have told Breathe Clean Air “I never would […]

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FILM: Cost of Wood Heating

Breathe Clean Air is happy to launch a new film we had made about the cost of wood heating. The […]

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Why no advisory?

This morning we exceeded, for the first time this fall, the BC Air Quality Objective for a 24 hour period […]

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Risk of dementia 70% higher in homes with wood stoves

Researchers at the Umea University in northern Sweden have studied air quality in homes where wood-fire stoves are used and […]

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Bad Air for Santa (Air Advisory issued Dec. 24)

Another Air Advisory was issued this morning for the Comox Valley. This is our 4th advisory so far this winter. Not the Christmas present […]

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Another Air Advisory issued (Dec. 11)

Another Air Advisory was issued this morning for the Comox Valley. This is our 3rd advisory so far this winter. Inversions are trapping air, […]

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Air Advisory issued Dec. 7th

An air advisory was issued on Dec. 7th for the Comox Valley. Please check your weather channels or websites to […]

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Air Advisory issued (Nov. 7).

An air advisory was issued on Tuesday, Nov. 7th for the Comox Valley. Please check your weather channels or websites […]

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UPDATED: Air Quality Health Index not good assessment of risk

When our smoke levels go up, whether from wildfire smoke in the summer or residential wood burning in the winter, […]

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No safe level of exposure

A US study by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health found that death rates among people over […]

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On the Island interview: health impacts of air pollution

The following is a transcript of an interview by radio host Gregor Craigie with guest Dr. Paul Hasselback, a Medical […]

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High Health Risk & Air Advisory Issued

Late at night, on November 17th, the Air Quality Health Index (AQHI) for the Comox Valley was set at a […]

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Breathe Clean Air Comox Valley was started by a group of citizens concerned about the health impacts of wood smoke in the Valley.

Our volunteers are from all three municipalities and other areas of CVRD.

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All residents are able to breathe clean air, in the Valley and in our neighbourhoods.

Comox Valley is celebrated for the cleanest air on Vancouver Island.

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