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.
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Funding for air pollution cut 99%, campaigners raise alarm
Mums for Lungs warned the cuts will significantly delay efforts to reduce emissions to levels recommended by the World Health Organisation (WHO). New research from the parent campaign group shows fund...
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NEW: Our DEFRA FOI reveals the budget for local councils to tackle #AirPollution has gone from £225 million a year to just £1.5 million in the last five years.
Cutting air pollution budgets by 99% at a time when children are still breathing illegal & toxic levels of dirty air is indefensible.
Cutting air pollution budgets by 99% at a time when children are still breathing illegal & toxic levels of dirty air is indefensible.
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-...
Please support the proposed expansion of the #SchoolStreets Zone at Whybridge Infant and Junior and The Brittons Academy Schools.
Deadline next Monday, 1st December. #Havering #AirPollution
Deadline next Monday, 1st December. #Havering #AirPollution
School Streets should be encouraged for our children's health and wellbeing. The current level of congestion outside schools is completely unsustainable. @mumsforlungs.bsky.social @sustrans.bsky.social @londoncycling.bsky.social @cyclehavering.bsky.social
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Why School Street Schemes Are Vital For Our Children’s Health.
School Streets protect children from heightened risks of collisions and from the health impacts of air pollution during school pick up and drop off times
thehaveringdaily.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Please support the proposed expansion of the #SchoolStreets Zone at Whybridge Infant and Junior and The Brittons Academy Schools.
Deadline next Monday, 1st December. #Havering #AirPollution
Deadline next Monday, 1st December. #Havering #AirPollution
Have you been looking around primary schools recently?
When looking, have you thought about #AirPollution and the impact of how you travel to a particular school?
Can you choose a school you can walk, scoot, cycle or wheel to? You'll be making that journey around 2,730 times over the next 7 years!
When looking, have you thought about #AirPollution and the impact of how you travel to a particular school?
Can you choose a school you can walk, scoot, cycle or wheel to? You'll be making that journey around 2,730 times over the next 7 years!
November 23, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Have you been looking around primary schools recently?
When looking, have you thought about #AirPollution and the impact of how you travel to a particular school?
Can you choose a school you can walk, scoot, cycle or wheel to? You'll be making that journey around 2,730 times over the next 7 years!
When looking, have you thought about #AirPollution and the impact of how you travel to a particular school?
Can you choose a school you can walk, scoot, cycle or wheel to? You'll be making that journey around 2,730 times over the next 7 years!
Burning creates #AirPollution whether you're using dry wood, smokeless fuel or an Ecodesign stove. This University of Surrey study discovered multifuel Ecodesign stoves emit more ultrafine particles than standard Ecodesign stoves. #WoodBurning #Health
The hidden health risks of wood-burning and eco stoves in homes | University of Surrey
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November 22, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Burning creates #AirPollution whether you're using dry wood, smokeless fuel or an Ecodesign stove. This University of Surrey study discovered multifuel Ecodesign stoves emit more ultrafine particles than standard Ecodesign stoves. #WoodBurning #Health
Join us and AWAIR next 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 22, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Join us and AWAIR next 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 - will you join us in sending some this year?
Three designs come in a pack:
🎄 A cheery #SchoolStreet image.
🎅 Santa coming down the chimney, happy to see no fire lit.
🎁 "All we want for Christmas is #CleanAir".
Get your orders in now - our volunteer Tara is posting next week!
Three designs come in a pack:
🎄 A cheery #SchoolStreet image.
🎅 Santa coming down the chimney, happy to see no fire lit.
🎁 "All we want for Christmas is #CleanAir".
Get your orders in now - our volunteer Tara is posting next week!
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 22, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Free Christmas cards - will you join us in sending some this year?
Three designs come in a pack:
🎄 A cheery #SchoolStreet image.
🎅 Santa coming down the chimney, happy to see no fire lit.
🎁 "All we want for Christmas is #CleanAir".
Get your orders in now - our volunteer Tara is posting next week!
Three designs come in a pack:
🎄 A cheery #SchoolStreet image.
🎅 Santa coming down the chimney, happy to see no fire lit.
🎁 "All we want for Christmas is #CleanAir".
Get your orders in now - our volunteer Tara is posting next week!
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This week we wrote to Rachel Reeves urging the Treasury not to cap the Cycle to Work Scheme. 🚲
For many families, it’s the only affordable way to access cargo bikes: a true alternative to the car that supports children’s health, reduces congestion, and improves air quality. 👨👩👧👦💚🌬️
For many families, it’s the only affordable way to access cargo bikes: a true alternative to the car that supports children’s health, reduces congestion, and improves air quality. 👨👩👧👦💚🌬️
November 21, 2025 at 12:55 PM
This week we wrote to Rachel Reeves urging the Treasury not to cap the Cycle to Work Scheme. 🚲
For many families, it’s the only affordable way to access cargo bikes: a true alternative to the car that supports children’s health, reduces congestion, and improves air quality. 👨👩👧👦💚🌬️
For many families, it’s the only affordable way to access cargo bikes: a true alternative to the car that supports children’s health, reduces congestion, and improves air quality. 👨👩👧👦💚🌬️
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There are still a few tickets available for the Birmingham Healthy Air Coalition’s ‘Healthy Air, Healthy Lives’ clean air event tomorrow 💚
Here’s the link:
🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/healthy-ai...
Here’s the link:
🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/healthy-ai...
November 21, 2025 at 4:12 PM
There are still a few tickets available for the Birmingham Healthy Air Coalition’s ‘Healthy Air, Healthy Lives’ clean air event tomorrow 💚
Here’s the link:
🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/healthy-ai...
Here’s the link:
🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/healthy-ai...
69% of adults find it unacceptable that there may still be cars in the UK with #Dieselgate emissions defeat technology fitted.
A decade on, we're still breathing the emissions from these cars. Government needs to step up and make car manufacturers fund the recall of cars failing emissions testing.
A decade on, we're still breathing the emissions from these cars. Government needs to step up and make car manufacturers fund the recall of cars failing emissions testing.
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 21, 2025 at 8:03 PM
69% of adults find it unacceptable that there may still be cars in the UK with #Dieselgate emissions defeat technology fitted.
A decade on, we're still breathing the emissions from these cars. Government needs to step up and make car manufacturers fund the recall of cars failing emissions testing.
A decade on, we're still breathing the emissions from these cars. Government needs to step up and make car manufacturers fund the recall of cars failing emissions testing.
Hello and welcome to all our new followers!
Please do sign up to our newsletter to stay in touch with the latest air pollution news, find out about our campaigns and how you can get involved.
Please do sign up to our newsletter to stay in touch with the latest air pollution news, find out about our campaigns and how you can get involved.
Sign Up to Our Newsletter — Mums for Lungs
Hear the latest news on air pollution, and find out more about our campaigns.
www.mumsforlungs.org
November 21, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Hello and welcome to all our new followers!
Please do sign up to our newsletter to stay in touch with the latest air pollution news, find out about our campaigns and how you can get involved.
Please do sign up to our newsletter to stay in touch with the latest air pollution news, find out about our campaigns and how you can get involved.
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Royal Mail rolls out micro electric fleet
#AirPollution #Environment #Health
airqualitynews.com/cars-freight...
#AirPollution #Environment #Health
airqualitynews.com/cars-freight...
Royal Mail rolls out micro electric fleet
Royal Mail has introduced more than 100 compact electric vehicles across multiple UK cities, marking a significant milestone in its commitment to achieve carbon neutrality by 2040. The new micro elect...
airqualitynews.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Royal Mail rolls out micro electric fleet
#AirPollution #Environment #Health
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#AirPollution #Environment #Health
airqualitynews.com/cars-freight...
Are you looking around primary schools at the moment? Can you ask a question about school travel and #AirPollution?
Here are some facts about why an active school run is the way to go:
www.mumsforlungs.org/news/make-th...
Here are some facts about why an active school run is the way to go:
www.mumsforlungs.org/news/make-th...
November 20, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Are you looking around primary schools at the moment? Can you ask a question about school travel and #AirPollution?
Here are some facts about why an active school run is the way to go:
www.mumsforlungs.org/news/make-th...
Here are some facts about why an active school run is the way to go:
www.mumsforlungs.org/news/make-th...
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📣 We are commissioning Stage 1 of a programme to strengthen the economic & financial case for clean air.
The chosen supplier will deliver a cross-country diagnostic of the barriers that block policy & investment & help shape the next stages in our economic work 🔽
https://bit.ly/3wuBUD7
The chosen supplier will deliver a cross-country diagnostic of the barriers that block policy & investment & help shape the next stages in our economic work 🔽
https://bit.ly/3wuBUD7
bit.ly
November 20, 2025 at 9:43 AM
📣 We are commissioning Stage 1 of a programme to strengthen the economic & financial case for clean air.
The chosen supplier will deliver a cross-country diagnostic of the barriers that block policy & investment & help shape the next stages in our economic work 🔽
https://bit.ly/3wuBUD7
The chosen supplier will deliver a cross-country diagnostic of the barriers that block policy & investment & help shape the next stages in our economic work 🔽
https://bit.ly/3wuBUD7
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Did you know that wood burning is the most polluting way to heat your home? Save the date for #CleanAirNight! To find out more visit cleanairhub.org.uk
November 20, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Did you know that wood burning is the most polluting way to heat your home? Save the date for #CleanAirNight! To find out more visit cleanairhub.org.uk
We’ve written to @london.gov.uk and @metecoban92.bsky.social as we are seriously concerned about the year-on-year increase of PM2.5 at many locations across London.
We’re urging the Mayor to speak up about #WoodBurning in London, right now.
We’re urging the Mayor to speak up about #WoodBurning in London, right now.
November 20, 2025 at 5:01 PM
We’ve written to @london.gov.uk and @metecoban92.bsky.social as we are seriously concerned about the year-on-year increase of PM2.5 at many locations across London.
We’re urging the Mayor to speak up about #WoodBurning in London, right now.
We’re urging the Mayor to speak up about #WoodBurning in London, right now.
Lambeth Council's #AirQuality Action Plan consultation ends tomorrow. The plan contains many good actions, but ambition needs to increase. #Lambeth should be working towards achieving the WHO interim #AirPollution standards by 2030. Respond by tomorrow:
haveyoursay.lambeth.gov.uk/en-GB/projec...
haveyoursay.lambeth.gov.uk/en-GB/projec...
November 20, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Lambeth Council's #AirQuality Action Plan consultation ends tomorrow. The plan contains many good actions, but ambition needs to increase. #Lambeth should be working towards achieving the WHO interim #AirPollution standards by 2030. Respond by tomorrow:
haveyoursay.lambeth.gov.uk/en-GB/projec...
haveyoursay.lambeth.gov.uk/en-GB/projec...
Help us get this to 20,000 and beyond!
#Dieselgate car manufacturers have never properly been held to account in the UK.
Let's change that. Sign and share! #AirPollution
#Dieselgate car manufacturers have never properly been held to account in the UK.
Let's change that. Sign and share! #AirPollution
Make polluters pay for poisoning our children
10 years ago it was revealed that many diesel cars were being fitted with illegal technology that means they emit levels of toxic gases (NOx) exceeding testing and legal limits. These emissions…
you.38degrees.org.uk
November 20, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Help us get this to 20,000 and beyond!
#Dieselgate car manufacturers have never properly been held to account in the UK.
Let's change that. Sign and share! #AirPollution
#Dieselgate car manufacturers have never properly been held to account in the UK.
Let's change that. Sign and share! #AirPollution
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💚 Excited to be attending - and on the panel - on behalf of Mums for Lungs at the Healthy Air, Healthy Lives clean air event on 22 Nov in Digbeth!
Join us for inspiring discussions, workshops + community action on clean air
Lunch provided.
🎟️ Book your spot: HealthyAirHealthyLives.eventbrite.co.uk
Join us for inspiring discussions, workshops + community action on clean air
Lunch provided.
🎟️ Book your spot: HealthyAirHealthyLives.eventbrite.co.uk
Healthy Air, Healthy Lives Conference
Learn how clean air impacts our health at the Healthy Air, Healthy Lives Conference!
HealthyAirHealthyLives.eventbrite.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 6:11 PM
💚 Excited to be attending - and on the panel - on behalf of Mums for Lungs at the Healthy Air, Healthy Lives clean air event on 22 Nov in Digbeth!
Join us for inspiring discussions, workshops + community action on clean air
Lunch provided.
🎟️ Book your spot: HealthyAirHealthyLives.eventbrite.co.uk
Join us for inspiring discussions, workshops + community action on clean air
Lunch provided.
🎟️ Book your spot: HealthyAirHealthyLives.eventbrite.co.uk
Fancy some free Christmas cards?
We're offering our clean air themed 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 clean air themed 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 19, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Fancy some free Christmas cards?
We're offering our clean air themed 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 clean air themed 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.
#GreaterManchester, would you like a calmer, safer, less polluted journey to school?
#SchoolStreets reduce traffic and #AirPollution around schools and encourage walking, cycling & scooting. Get in touch with our GM Co-ordinator Liz at [email protected] if you want this at your school!
#SchoolStreets reduce traffic and #AirPollution around schools and encourage walking, cycling & scooting. Get in touch with our GM Co-ordinator Liz at [email protected] if you want this at your school!
November 19, 2025 at 1:01 PM
#GreaterManchester, would you like a calmer, safer, less polluted journey to school?
#SchoolStreets reduce traffic and #AirPollution around schools and encourage walking, cycling & scooting. Get in touch with our GM Co-ordinator Liz at [email protected] if you want this at your school!
#SchoolStreets reduce traffic and #AirPollution around schools and encourage walking, cycling & scooting. Get in touch with our GM Co-ordinator Liz at [email protected] if you want this at your school!
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We need safe streets for every child, every school, every day.
#SafeStreetsNow #SchoolStreets #SafeSchoolJourneys
@solveschoolrun.bsky.social
@mumsforlungs.bsky.social
www.bbc.com/news/article...
#SafeStreetsNow #SchoolStreets #SafeSchoolJourneys
@solveschoolrun.bsky.social
@mumsforlungs.bsky.social
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Felixstowe boy hit by van calls for safer roads at Downing Street
Schoolboy Roman delivers a handwritten letter to Downing Street.
www.bbc.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:07 PM
We need safe streets for every child, every school, every day.
#SafeStreetsNow #SchoolStreets #SafeSchoolJourneys
@solveschoolrun.bsky.social
@mumsforlungs.bsky.social
www.bbc.com/news/article...
#SafeStreetsNow #SchoolStreets #SafeSchoolJourneys
@solveschoolrun.bsky.social
@mumsforlungs.bsky.social
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Join us and AWAIR on Sunday 30th Nov 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 19, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Join us and AWAIR on Sunday 30th Nov 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-...
It's been nearly six weeks since the #Dieselgate trial began. This week, the High Court was told that about a million Ford diesel cars were sold in the UK with defective emissions controls. Many of those cars were never formally recalled or fixed; we are long overdue a manufacturer-funded recall.
About 1m Ford diesel cars sold in UK with defective emissions controls, court told
Ford denies having created ‘defeat devices’ in legal action on behalf of 1.6 million owners against five carmakers
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
It's been nearly six weeks since the #Dieselgate trial began. This week, the High Court was told that about a million Ford diesel cars were sold in the UK with defective emissions controls. Many of those cars were never formally recalled or fixed; we are long overdue a manufacturer-funded recall.
This is a good letter from Communities Against Woodsmoke on links between the Stove Industry Association & the Scottish Government.
"Tobacco companies wouldn’t be consulted on #Health policies, so why is a lobby group whose claims have been found to be misleading guiding a public health strategy?"
"Tobacco companies wouldn’t be consulted on #Health policies, so why is a lobby group whose claims have been found to be misleading guiding a public health strategy?"
Is the Stove Industry Association too cosy with our MSPs?
FOLLOWING the recent complaint regarding misleading and unsubstantiated claims made by the Stove Industry Association on their website regarding…
www.thenational.scot
November 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
This is a good letter from Communities Against Woodsmoke on links between the Stove Industry Association & the Scottish Government.
"Tobacco companies wouldn’t be consulted on #Health policies, so why is a lobby group whose claims have been found to be misleading guiding a public health strategy?"
"Tobacco companies wouldn’t be consulted on #Health policies, so why is a lobby group whose claims have been found to be misleading guiding a public health strategy?"