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Clean air for kids & staff in schools & daycares shouldn’t be controversial No IAQ policy at any level of govt ensuring indoor air is clean & safe to breathe atm Petition to Toronto Board of Health to direct TO Public Health to adopt Health🇨🇦's new IAQ Guidance
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Clean Indoor Air Toronto
https://cleanindoorairto.ca
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Ontario School Safety
about 19 hours ago
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Ontario School Safety
about 19 hours ago
“Getting sick frequently at school is not inevitable, and it isn’t because kids are just harbingers of viruses. It’s more because the buildings they inhabit do not have adequate ventilation and filtration systems to reduce illness transmission,”
@mjnabuurs.bsky.social
said. (Archive 🔗 in next post)
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Schools must improve air quality to slow spread of respiratory illness, advocates say
Proper air filtration could help mitigate the rapid spread of flu and other illnesses, say experts and parents
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-school-air-quality-filtration-system-influenza-flu-respiratory-illness/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=threads
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DCapTO
about 20 hours ago
Thanks for this! It’s so great seeing more and more people being vocal and starting to organize around clean air in schools 🙌 🙏
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A_Scott
about 21 hours ago
#ventilate
#ASHRAE243
#IAQ
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John Dupuis
about 1 month ago
Neurological impact of Covid on children, Canada craps the measles bed, PPE prevents healthcare infections, and more
johndupuis.substack.com/p/neurologic...
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Neurological impact of Covid on children, Canada craps the measles bed, PPE prevents healthcare infections, and more
Bonus Thank you Alice Wong and Leslie Lee III
https://johndupuis.substack.com/p/neurological-impact-of-covid-on-children
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Dr Elisa Perego
1 day ago
Covid can leave lasting mark on the brain. New study adds to literature showing long-term damage to the central nervous system following SARS-CoV-2 infection
#LongCovid
news.griffith.edu.au/2025/12/16/c...
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COVID-19 leaves a lasting mark on the human brain - Griffith News
COVID-19 does not just affect the respiratory system, but also significantly alters the brain in people who have fully recovered from the infectious
https://news.griffith.edu.au/2025/12/16/covid-19-leaves-a-lasting-mark-on-the-human-brain/
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Alison Kemper
2 days ago
Flu fatalism is not helpful: we can keep the air in schools much cleaner and fresher, reducing the risk of infection to children and teachers.
#IAQ
#masks
ottawa.citynews.ca/2025/12/21/s...
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Schools have become cesspools for cold and flu, but they don't have to be: Ontario School Safety
The volunteer organization Ontario School Safety is calling on the provincial government to improve air quality in schools as flu spreads.
https://ottawa.citynews.ca/2025/12/21/schools-have-become-cesspools-for-cold-and-flu-but-they-dont-have-to-be-ontario-school-safety/
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TDotMum
2 days ago
This petition by Clean Indoor Air Toronto is trying to improve this. Please sign and ask Toronto Public Health to adopt new standards for
#CleanAir
.
bit.ly/ciatodec25
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Toronto Board of Health Advocacy-CIATO
We have over 350 signatures, help us get to our next goal of 400! Join Clean Indoor Air Toronto in sending a clear message to the City of Toronto that you want a city that’s healthier, more accessib...
https://bit.ly/ciatodec25
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Donate A Mask Canada
3 days ago
Our
#GivingTuesdayCA
fundraiser wrapped up last weekend, and we want to say a huge thank you to everyone who donated! 🙏 💙 Every penny we raised will be used to support our Free Request Program. 😷
#Masks4All
#FeelingGrateful
#ThankYouThankYou
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Jeff Gilchrist
5 days ago
There is a new study from Poland looking at children hospitalized for COVID during the 2023/2024 and 2024/2025 epidemiological years (
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Differences in the clinical course of COVID-19 in children and adolescents hospitalized in the 2023/2024 and 2024/2025 seasons – a retrospective real-world study - BMC Infectious Diseases
BMC Infectious Diseases - This multicenter retrospective study was designed to track changes in the clinical presentation of COVID-19 in children that occurred in the last two infectious seasons,...
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-025-12306-2
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Bean & Sprout's Mom
5 days ago
JFC. How long are we gonna do this?! "Exposure to higher aerosol concentrations - at close range or due to concentration build-up in crowded &/or poorly ventilated spaces - &/or longer duration exposures facilitate disease transmission." Water is wet. Ugh.
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Malgorzata (Gosia) Gasperowicz
1 day ago
ottawa.citynews.ca/2025/12/21/s...
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Schools have become cesspools for cold and flu, but they don't have to be: Ontario School Safety
The volunteer organization Ontario School Safety is calling on the provincial government to improve air quality in schools as flu spreads.
https://ottawa.citynews.ca/2025/12/21/schools-have-become-cesspools-for-cold-and-flu-but-they-dont-have-to-be-ontario-school-safety/
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David Keegan
20 days ago
Dear Mr Carney, COVID-19 continues to mutate, circulate, infect, and disable (through long-covid). One of my Jr High patients got disabled by long-covid this year. Please implement a national clean indoor air strategy for all bldgs., airplanes, trains, buses, and more to prevent covid. Call me.
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20 days ago
Also, clean the indoor air.
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The simple metal box that could change the world - Healthy Debate
This quiet, repairable metal air cleaner is an inexpensive long-term disease prevention tool for public spaces.
https://healthydebate.ca/2025/04/topic/simple-metal-box-covid/
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David Keegan
17 days ago
“Our findings redefine SARS-CoV-2 infection as a condition of long-lasting immune compromise.” Putting it all together: - covid is airborne - people are getting it repeatedly - it’s wrecking immune systems Please: mask, ventilate, filtrate, isolate, immunize.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Persistent Attenuation of Lymphocyte Subsets After Mass SARS-CoV-2 Infection
Growing evidence suggests that lymphocyte subsets are declined in COVID-19 patients, but it is unclear if these alterations persist after widespread e…
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971225005090
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Erin Candy 🍒🇨🇦
1 day ago
Hitting up the bookstore
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Conor Browne
3 days ago
Please remember, every time you see a newspaper or magazine article denigrating people - people like myself - who choose to avoid infection with SARS-CoV-2, there will always be a tiny, quiet voice in the mind of the author whispering, 'what if they're right'? We are right.
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Long Covid Support
about 22 hours ago
2/ This time of year can be especially difficult when you’re living with Long Covid. If that’s how you’re feeling, you’re not alone. For connection with others who understand, join our Facebook Support Group for an online Check-In & Chat on Christmas Day and every Sunday:
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Long Covid Support
about 22 hours ago
1/ Season’s greetings from the team at Long Covid Support 🎄 Thank you for being part of our community in 2025. We know it’s been another challenging year for many, and we’re truly grateful for your continued support.
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Al Haddrell
3 months ago
Many things will affect how well a student will do in school. Some you can control, others you can't One that affects every student (and teacher), and that we can control, is indoor air quality In this video I walk through how and offer some solutions
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https://t.co/sSU5efGhHr
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Christine Cooper 🇨🇦🏴
4 days ago
Masks on. Infections down. Masks off. Infections up. Masks on. Infections down. Masks off. Infections… If I didn’t know any better, I would swear there was a pattern here.
#maskingsaveslives
#masksinhealthcare
#commonsenseinhealthcare
#HAIs
#donoharm
#stopthespread
#normalizingsickness
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Kari Raymer Bishop 🇨🇦
about 22 hours ago
Oh, wait. It gets better. 🤢🤢
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Kari Raymer Bishop 🇨🇦
about 22 hours ago
We've been on the tarmac for over an hour, waiting for de-icing. So much coughing on this flight. 🤢 Air quality is horrendous. I have never seen such a high reading. Happy holidays!
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My IRL friends call me Chris
1 day ago
Masks and eye protection required employees, professional staff, volunteers & students. Masks recommended for visitors. "A surge in cases of influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) has prompted Sarnia’s Bluewater Health to implement mandatory masking in all clinical areas starting Monday."
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Winslow Santé Publique
17 days ago
🔬 Une etude multicentrique de grande envergure sur la baisse persistante des sous-ensembles de lymphocytes chez les patients infectés par le SARS-CoV-2, avec des apports pour le
#CovidLong
#dysimmunité
🔗
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Persistent Attenuation of Lymphocyte Subsets After Mass SARS-CoV-2 Infection
Growing evidence suggests that lymphocyte subsets are declined in COVID-19 patients, but it is unclear if these alterations persist after widespread e…
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971225005090
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James Andrew Smith
1 day ago
On the 6pm CBC news tonight, they led with a story on
#influenza
. The worst part? They featured an actress in a stage production who has been performing with the flu. No mitigations. No clean air. No masking. She was fine spreading flu to her coworkers and the audience. You do you, eh PH? FFS.
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MJ Nabuurs
2 days ago
After the devastating loss of the 3 children in Ottawa, it was urgent to get info out re the additional ways avail to protect one’s loved ones from serious illness as we enter the holidays… and to remind young fams this amt of sickness ISN’T normal.
#VaccinePlus
ottawa.citynews.ca/2025/12/21/s...
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Schools have become cesspools for cold and flu, but they don't have to be: Ontario School Safety
The volunteer organization Ontario School Safety is calling on the provincial government to improve air quality in schools as flu spreads.
https://ottawa.citynews.ca/2025/12/21/schools-have-become-cesspools-for-cold-and-flu-but-they-dont-have-to-be-ontario-school-safety/
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Anca
about 22 hours ago
Please sign petition. Clean air in school would keep our kids safer from viral infection, it’s also an absolute necessity in the age of forest fires smoke.
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Tara Moriarty
1 day ago
Canadian COVID Forecast: Dec 20, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026 SEVERE: none VERY HIGH: AB, MB, NB, North, QC, SK HIGH: CAN, BC, NL, NS, ON, PEI MODERATE: none About 1 in 55 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
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Jonathan Douglas PhD CPsych
about 23 hours ago
Signed & shared!
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Gabi T 🇨🇦
5 days ago
We have got to stop normalizing going in to work or school, or shopping, when sick. Far too many people out there hacking in public for anyone's good.
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MJ Nabuurs
2 days ago
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
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Why scientists are rethinking the immune effects of SARS-CoV-2
“Immunity debt,” a theory to explain the global surge in non-covid infections since pandemic restrictions were lifted, is increasingly being challenged by emerging evidence. Nick Tsergas reports Myco...
https://www.bmj.com/content/390/bmj.r1733
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Safe Air Schools UK
about 23 hours ago
We are pleased to sign this petition ✔️ Anyone who advocates for clean air can do so, we don't need to be in 🇨🇦
#StrongerTogether
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Tatiana Trifan #FBLC
10 days ago
"Second infection in kids doubles long COVID risk Pediatric data shows that the increase in long COVID risk is also accompanied by the increased chance of developing a number of other related conditions, according to new research at Penn Medicine."
penntoday.upenn.edu/news/penn-me...
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Second infection in kids doubles long COVID risk | Penn Today
Pediatric data shows that the increase in long COVID risk is also accompanied by the increased chance of developing a number of other related conditions, according to new research at Penn Medicine.
https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/penn-medicine-second-infection-kids-doubles-long-covid-risk?fbclid=IwY2xjawNLzVVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHuwwW6kaVYcG7nbU6rQGVgsoHVy1nk_2K7geJWQ-qlDvKV6z8cpWo8mgTRDA_aem_hORo80d5l4Y5JfOC9Xd6LA
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Safe Air Schools UK
3 days ago
Air filters clean air so that young lungs don't have to. They cost less to run per child per year than the glue sticks you'll replace. This was noted in the letter we sent to the education ministers of the four nations earlier this week. We look forward to a response.
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Sam Kaufman
about 1 month ago
Thank you Ontario Society of Professional Engineers for speaking out on the need for clean air in schools and daycares!
ospe.on.ca/community/os...
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OSPE Speaks at Toronto Board of Health on Indoor Air Quality in Schools and Child Care
OSPE advocates for Indoor Air Quality in schools at the Toronto Board of Health. Learn how better air quality promotes health.
https://ospe.on.ca/community/ospe-speaks-at-toronto-board-of-health-on-indoor-air-quality-in-schools-and-child-care/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=organic-socials&utm_campaign=iaq-blog&utm_term=nov-2025&utm_content=link&fbclid=IwT01FWAOL6m1leHRuA2FlbQIxMABzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAwzNTA2ODU1MzE3MjgAAR6FD8nKV7UD-yuHotwdvB5z7ut4aQRPzmFbFUkhcMV9HSINGNL9U9LutJB-tw_aem_bdC1itmcvSwHd2YzvJRYaQ
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Tania J. Spencer
20 days ago
2/ Now add - ▶️ No clean air mitigations in most daycares & schools; ▶️ Winter + closed windows (poor ventilation); ▶️ No portable air cleaners (poor air filtration); ▶️ Holiday gatherings; ▶️ No mask mandates in most hospitals & healthcare settings; ▶️ & still no Far-UVC in public spaces indoors.
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Living Safely With Covid
19 days ago
A real-world experiment in how schools spread viruses The main risk is not close contact, but prolonged exposure to contaminated air in enclosed spaces CO₂ >1000 ppm nearly doubles transmission ris It’s the air we share. We need ventilation and clean indoor air
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The relative contribution of close-proximity contacts, shared classroom exposure and indoor air quality to respiratory virus transmission in schools - Nature Communications
The relative importance of close-proximity interactions, shared space and air quality to the transmission of respiratory viruses is not well understood. Here, the authors investigate this question by ...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-66719-3
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Human Output Enthusiast
19 days ago
Sorry folks, I’m just so sick of people not putting their money or actions where their mouth is. If you’re looking for a way to start, two easy ways are mask in public & give to your local clean air group(s) that are trying to clean the air in schools. Here’s the Cville one:
www.cleanaircville.org
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Clean Air Cville
https://www.cleanaircville.org
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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦
16 days ago
Clean the air in schools FFS. "Prolonged exposure in shared, poorly ventilated spaces, which potentially includes several infectious sources, drives respiratory virus transmission more than close contact."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The relative contribution of close-proximity contacts, shared classroom exposure and indoor air quality to respiratory virus transmission in schools - Nature Communications
The relative importance of close-proximity interactions, shared space and air quality to the transmission of respiratory viruses is not well understood. Here, the authors investigate this question by ...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-66719-3
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Prof Cath Noakes
13 days ago
This is a great tool for estimating the impacts of air cleaners in nat vent UK schools. Unlike most air cleaner selection tools which just size on clean air delivery rate CHEPA also considers the energy aspects depending on local climate.
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MamãBear
2 days ago
Time to
#CleanTheAir
in Ontario public schools. 🏫 Via:
@onschoolsafety.bsky.social
#OnPoli
#OntEd
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Esther
6 days ago
Around 70% of COVID transmission also from schools. We urgently need clean air and are living with unnecessary infections.
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Deanna 🇨🇦
2 days ago
Schools have become cesspools for cold and flu, but they don’t have to be: Ontario School Safety
flip.it/CCPh5n
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Schools have become cesspools for cold and flu, but they don't have to be: Ontario School Safety
The volunteer organization Ontario School Safety is calling on the provincial government to improve air quality in schools as flu spreads.
https://flip.it/CCPh5n
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Dr. Jen Irwin
3 days ago
“Schools have become cesspools for cold and flu [AND COVID], but they don’t have to be: Ontario School Safety”
ottawa.citynews.ca/2025/12/21/s...
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Schools have become cesspools for cold and flu, but they don't have to be: Ontario School Safety
The volunteer organization Ontario School Safety is calling on the provincial government to improve air quality in schools as flu spreads.
https://ottawa.citynews.ca/2025/12/21/schools-have-become-cesspools-for-cold-and-flu-but-they-dont-have-to-be-ontario-school-safety/
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Mark Ungrin
2 days ago
@onschoolsafety.bsky.social
and
@mjnabuurs.bsky.social
, filling the "gaps in public messaging" left by public health and infection control leaders whose only priorities seem to be burying their own mistakes and cashing those bloated paycheques.
science.gc.ca/site/science...
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Billy Hanlon
1 day ago
Yale Climate Connections: 'Improving indoor air quality might save your life' 'The long-term costs of COVID to society are going to be astronomical when you tally up the deaths, health costs of long COVID, and the likely unknown health costs...'
yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/12/impr...
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Improving indoor air quality might save your life » Yale Climate Connections
Cost-effective ways exist to improve your indoor air quality that will reduce your COVID and flu risk, lower your cancer and lung disease risk, and eliminate headaches and sleepiness caused by poor ve...
https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/12/improving-indoor-air-quality-might-save-your-life/
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Michelle Cohen
2 days ago
Great work by
@onschoolsafety.bsky.social
advocating for something simple but essential: better air quality for kids and teachers.
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Schools have become cesspools for cold and flu, but they don't have to be: Ontario School Safety
The volunteer organization Ontario School Safety is calling on the provincial government to improve air quality in schools as flu spreads.
https://ottawa.citynews.ca/2025/12/21/schools-have-become-cesspools-for-cold-and-flu-but-they-dont-have-to-be-ontario-school-safety/
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Tania J. Spencer
19 days ago
7/ Circa 2023 👈 "'It’s the structures that are sick – it’s not the kids’ [or lazy teachers]: Experts stress importance of clean air in schools":
healthydebate.ca/2023/11/topi...
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‘It's the structures that are sick – it's not the kids’: Experts stress importance of clean air in schools - Healthy Debate
https://healthydebate.ca/2023/11/topic/structures-are-sick-clean-air-schools/
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Ruth Brooker
18 days ago
Last week I was invited by the NEU to their annual H&S conference in Manchester to talk about the Clean Air for Kids campaign on getting better air quality in classrooms. We must stop the spread of sickness in schools. For the health of children and their teachers..
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