🧵Do-it-yourself (DIY) air cleaners: Evidence on effectiveness and considerations for safe operation

Angela Eykelbosh, Environmental Health and Knowledge Translation Scientist, @ncceh National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health
Jan 18/23

LINK: ncceh.ca/documents/evid… Do-it-yourself (DIY) air cleaners: Evidence on effectiveness and considerations for safe operation

Angela Eykelbosh, Environmental Health and Knowledge Translation Scientist, @ncceh National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health
Jan 18/23

PDF: ncceh.ca/sites/default/…

The BC public should demand that @BCNDP #BringBackMasks!

Public Safety Minister @mikefarnworthbc signed BC's first face coverings mandate Nov 2020 after @RetailCouncil appealed publicly to BC gov to protect workers.

Dr. Henry is NOT the only one with power & responsibility!
1/ Nov 16, 2020 - Dr. Bonnie Henry wrote an Op-ed about why she denied us mask mandates
2/ bc.ctvnews.ca/dr-bonnie-henr…

OMISSION IS NEGLIGENCE:

"New Brunswick decision makers had a staggering quantity of high quality information detailing the prevalence & mechanisms of the long term complications of #COVID19 infection. They simply chose to ignore it."

#LongCovid #cdnpoli popnb.substack.com/p/omission-is-… #RTI #FOI #BringBackMasks #SARSCoV2 #NBpoli #PublicHealth

CC: #BCpoli #covid19bc

Policymakers across Canada - not just in NB - have been negligent.

CO2 monitors are a great tool for managing indoor air quality. <3

ASHRAE Position Doc on Indoor Carbon Dioxide (2022): ashrae.org/file%20library…

My Canadian source for Aranet4 is @Prescientx1: prescientx.com/products/arane…

Rebreathed CO2 decal is by @amandalhu: 1eb3b6.myshopify.com/products/arane… #COVIDisAirborne #BringBackMasks #CleanTheAir #engineering #IAQ #SARSCoV2 #humanrights #COVID19 #VaccinesPLUS #DisabilityRights #inclusion #accessibility

Shared spaces with mandates for clean indoor air as per ASHRAE & high efficacy masking are safer and more accessible for all.

"I’m one of those folks you just won’t see without my mask.

But I really don’t like them."

Quick read: "Ugh, masks." By Ryan Murphy via ⁦@PoPNB_kindness⁩

#MaskUp #COVIDisAirborne #BringBackMasks #cdnpoli open.substack.com/pub/popnb/p/ug… "I, like so many, learned the things we can all do to make the world a safer place for everyone - family, friends, strangers, and ourselves.

I can’t unlearn those things just because I’m tired of knowing them."

#cdnpoli #covid19