Joe Pajak (Dr)
'The air quality this week is giving the USA a glimpse of the world’s #AirPollution'.
'Many New Yorkers who were headed to work or school on Wednesday pulled out their #Covid masks to wear outdoors as a haze continued to hang over the city.' @nytimes
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/06/07/us/canada-wildfires-air-quality-smoke/9e57f87f-1eb4-5f80-8c8c-6b41834d16cb?smid=url-share
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Show threadJoe Pajak (Dr)Jun 7, 2023

'The air quality this week is giving the USA a glimpse of the world’s #AirPollution'.

https://twitter.com/JoePajak/status/1666503388882665472?s=20

Dr Joe Pajak CSci FRSC 🇪🇺 🌬Covid is airborne on Twitter

“Smoke, it's #airborne too 'Commuters donned Covid masks to walk the streets, children kept indoors and officials warned millions of people to avoid going outside on Wednesday as plumes of smoke continued to billow across the USA from Canadian wildfires.' https://t.co/BRYYiLyWi1”

Twitter
Show threadJoe Pajak (Dr)Jun 7, 2023
'Across New York City, doctors fielded 'health' questions from residents confronting dangerous smoke originating from Canadian wildfires & drifting through city streets, casting the sky in a pale hazy hue and prompting calls to medical providers.' @nytimes
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/06/07/us/canada-wildfires-air-quality-smoke/as-dangerous-smoke-lingers-new-york-city-doctors-urge-residents-to-stay-indoors?smid=url-share
Show threadJoe Pajak (Dr)Jun 8, 2023
5 June was #WorldEnvironmentDay!
🫁 The 𝙖𝙞𝙧 we 𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚
🍲Food we eat
🚰Water we drink
🌆Environment we live in
🔥 Climate change, plastic pollution, hazardous chemicals & natural habitats destruction
Our health depends on a healthy environment:
https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1665704429293654017?s=20
World Health Organization (WHO) on Twitter

“It's #WorldEnvironmentDay! 🫁 The air we breathe. 🍲 The food we eat. 🚰 The water we drink. 🌆 The environment we live in. 🔥 Climate change, plastic pollution, hazardous chemicals & natural habitats destruction. ⬇️ Our health depends on a healthy environment 🌍🌱”

Twitter
Show threadJoe Pajak (Dr)Jun 8, 2023
Current situation in 🇺🇸 New York courtesy of: http://AirNow.gov USA #AirQualityIndex. @AIRNow provides 'the public national air quality information and real-time #AQI conditions for over 400 cities across the USA. #AirPollution: click link below:
https://gispub.epa.gov/airnow/?showgreencontours=false&showlegend=yes
AirNow.gov

AirNow is your one-stop source for air quality data. Our recently redesigned site highlights air quality in your local area first, while still providing air quality information at state, national, and world views.

Show threadJoe Pajak (Dr)Jun 8, 2023
#WildfireSmoke
Current situation in 🇺🇸 New York courtesy of: http://AirNow.gov USA #AirQualityIndex.
@AIRNow public national air quality information and real-time #AQI conditions for cities across the USA.
🔗Click link for latest situation:
🔗https://www.airnow.gov/?city=New%20York&state=NY&country=USA
AirNow.gov

AirNow is your one-stop source for air quality data. Our recently redesigned site highlights air quality in your local area first, while still providing air quality information at state, national, and world views.

Show threadJoe Pajak (Dr)Jun 8, 2023
'When PM2.5 levels increase, studies have shown that heart and lung issues tend to increase as well'. @TIME
Particularly important point globally for children, older people, and those with pre-existing heart or lung problems.
@asthmalunguk #AirQualityIndex
https://time.com/6285326/wildfire-smoke-air-quality-health-impacts/
What Wildfire Smoke Does to the Human Body

Wildfire smoke is blanketing much of the U.S. Northeast and Midwest. Here's how it could affect your health.

Time
Show threadJoe Pajak (Dr)Jun 8, 2023
'Most of us can’t afford to spend hundreds or thousands [$/£] on purifiers and masks. That’s why we pay taxes. Clean air isn’t just about pollution. It’s about allergens, about viruses, about mould and bacteria.'
@JessicaLexicus
#WildfireSmoke #ToxicSmoke
#AirQualityIndex @AIRNow pic.twitter.com/6OX2YHo84Q
Show threadKennethJun 8, 2023

@JoePajak

It worries me that tomorrow is not available.

#wildfiresmoke #airqualityindex #aqi

Show threadJoe Pajak (Dr)Jun 7, 2023

'#AirPollution from #wildfires, like what much of the USA has seen in recent days, is projected to increase in years ahead as #ClimateChange brings hotter, drier conditions that make intense wildfires more likely.' @TIME

https://time.com/6285326/wildfire-smoke-air-quality-health-impacts/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=sfmc&utm_campaign=newsletter+brief+default+ac&utm_content=+++20230607+++body&et_rid=257403625&lctg=257403625

What Wildfire Smoke Does to the Human Body

Wildfire smoke is blanketing much of the U.S. Northeast and Midwest. Here's how it could affect your health.

Time
Show threadJoe Pajak (Dr)Jun 8, 2023
'Health authorities warned that fire smoke could cause symptoms ranging from sore & watery eyes to coughing, dizziness, chest pains & heart palpitations - some advised residents to wear protective masks, conjuring bad memories of the pandemic.' @nytimes
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/07/world/americas/canada-wildfires.html?smid=tw-share
Quebec Wildfires Contribute to Extreme Fire Season in Canada

Massive plumes of smoke from hundreds of Canadian fires, enveloped millions in smoke, triggering dangerous air quality warnings in both countries and turning skies an ashen orange.

The New York Times
Show threadGreg SpoonerJun 7, 2023
@JoePajak
#ClimateEmergency
Show threadJoe Pajak (Dr)Jun 8, 2023
@gregspooner
'#AirQualityAlerts may warn residents to stay indoors when PM2.5 levels are high, and especially stress 'people should avoid exercising outside under such conditions in order to limit how much PM2.5 they breathe deep into their lungs.' @TIME #AirQuality
https://time.com/6285326/wildfire-smoke-air-quality-health-impacts/
What Wildfire Smoke Does to the Human Body

Wildfire smoke is blanketing much of the U.S. Northeast and Midwest. Here's how it could affect your health.

Time
Show threadJoe Pajak (Dr)Jun 8, 2023

@gregspooner
'Healthy, natural forest fires don’t blanket entire coastlines in smoke. Climate scientists have shown ample evidence that lethal drought and heat waves trigger much bigger fires now than we’ve ever seen...' @JessicaLexicus #AirQualityIndex #AirPollution

https://open.substack.com/pub/jessicawildfire/p/the-great-smog-of-new-york-echoes?r=cwb8u&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

The Great Smog of New York Echoes The Great Smog of London, 1952

Everyone deserves clean air.

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