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Associate professor #KULeuvenBiology @KU_Leuven Researcher health impact assessment @sciensano Ecology | Nature | Conservation | Environment | Health
Sep 20, 2022 22 tweets 10 min read
Is living in a green environment good for your health?

Read my PhD thesis in a Twitter thread🧵
“𝑮𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒊𝒐𝒅𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒉” 🌳⚕️ (in Belgium 🇧🇪)

#phdchat #ThesisThread [1/n] Earlier research shows that green environments often have:
-less air pollution🏭
-less traffic and noise 🚔
-less heat🔥
-more birds, flowers, butterflies… 🐦🌻🦋

and green areas may engage people to walk or interact.

All this may benefit health [2/n]
Nov 18, 2019 9 tweets 2 min read
"The life of every child born today will be profoundly affected by climate change." - a thread on The Lancet 2019 report on impacts of climate change on human health

#TheLancet #ClimateChangeIsReal
doi.org/10.1016/S0140-… The world has observed a 1°C temperature rise above pre-industrial levels. A child born /today/ will experience a world that is more than 4 degrees warmer than pre-industrial average.