Thinking environmental protection is not essential imperils public health. Air & water quality (including tobacco control & nitrates in drinking water), food security, soil health to sustain food quality, climate action to ensure affordable food, = essential for developed society
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Just do it! We have to take real #climateaction to avert a public health catastrophe. It’s about action across industry and all sectors of our economy.
Very powerful call to action by the @UN Secretary General @antonioguterres
Billions of people around the world are wilting under increasingly severe heatwaves driven largely by a fossil-fuel charged, human-induced climate crisis” @WHO we join this call.
un.org/en/climatechange/extr…
Thank you @JoannaKidman. Interested in health equity? Culture? Health outcomes? Health for all? We need to get our heads around racism and privilege
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Fluoride in drinking water supplies is an effective public health measure. stuff.co.nz/nz-news/35033748…
Air pollution is a health issue. What we don’t measure we don’t value and cannot act on. Who from Te Whatu Ora is talking to NIWA, or the appropriate ministers?
New: Niwa will defund its Air Quality Team as the crown research institute looks to cut costs. It comes after I reported last week that just one staffer at MfE has been tasked with upgrading air pollution rules over the past three years.
newsroom.co.nz/2024/06/10/ni…
Should industry dictate health & safety standards, particularly in areas where public health is impacted? Climate change is an accepted & increasing threat to health. Without health we have no workers. PH needs to be climate focussed. theguardian.com/us-news/2024…
“Treat health as an investment”. On budget day, this is a timely reminder of what we, @autsphids @AUTSoCS @AUTuni @phanewzealand and elsewhere, have been working towards!
Today I spoke alongside @DrTedros, Director General of @WHO, at #WHA77 about how to implement a new resolution that calls on member states to treat health as an investment, not a cost & to make #HealthForAll a goal of economic policy, building on the recommendations of the @Economy4Health Council I chaired.
Read about the recommendations: who.int/publications/i/item/…
If you are in a position to
influence corporate investors or politicians, please use your influence wisely. #ClimateCrisis is the health challenge of our time, eclipsing all. #Business as usual is not an option
World’s top climate scientists expect global heating to blast past 1.5C target
Planet is headed for at least 2.5C of heating with disastrous results for humanity, poll of hundreds of scientists finds @dpcarrington theguardian.com/environment/…
There is hope!
Good news for climate action! A group of Swiss 🇨🇭 women have won the first ever climate case victory in the European Court of Human Rights.
bbc.com/news/science-environ…
As NZ strips back smoking and vaping protections:
Vaping increases your risk of seizures, typically within 24 hours of doing it.
Don’t let #vaping harm your health.
The evidence is clear: climate change is happening and already affecting public health outcomes. #Changemanagement is a delicate process, but we must stand up to interests who want business as usual. BAU is not an option. Read why
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Let's pause & reflect a minute about what this shocking picture of @GretaThunberg 's arrest tells us about the current state of #climate politics.
A short 🧵on some key lessons we can take from this image
In NZ we smugly think our air quality is OK. Wrong answer! Being predominantly coastal we just have more wind than most. Locally, poor air quality impacts asthma and heart disease. Note, if we do better, the planet wins too.
Only seven countries meet @WHO’s air quality standard, according to the report by @IQAir, a Swiss air quality organization that draws data from more than 30,000 monitoring stations around the world.@WHO#airpollution @BreatheLife2030 theguardian.com/environment/…
Artificial turf /fake lawns/ plastic grass may be favoured as hard wearing & mud free. If specifiers knew it could kill the kids who play on it, could perhaps a little mud, or sports cancellations, be tolerated? #cop16 requires reporting on impacts to biodiversity @AklCouncil?
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If only voters understood the implications…
It's funny how evidence-based, expert-agreed policy priorities for prevention create such a wide spectrum of support/non-support depending on political ideologies. Findings from @HealthCoA survey of political parties. @PHCCAotearoa tinyurl.com/zc7v94md
Climate action is necessary to secure human health and wellbeing. California towns are banning new gas stations. Big Oil is paying attention. Where next? #Wellington? @AklCouncil ? | Grist grist.org/cities/california-…
New study shows ultra-processed food, eg cereals, snacks, baked goods and ready meals, linked to 32 harmful effects to health, including early death theguardian.com/society/2024…