August 5, 2019 - Ambient air pollution contributes to over 3000 premature deaths each year in Australia. Even at low concentrations, nitrogen dioxide (NO2), sulfur dioxide (SO2), and ozone (O3) are impacting public health. The joint statement from Australia’s key health groups addresses the pending long-awaited revision of national standards for these harmful air pollutants whose standards are currently set well-above international best practice levels. Read the full statement HERE. DEA has made a submission to the Proposed variation to the Ambient Air Quality NEPM standards for ozone, nitrogen dioxide and sulfur dioxide which can be read HERE While submissions regarding a revision of the NEPM...
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Air pollution is a major environmental risk to health.
Better air quality reduces illness and death from stroke, heart disease, lung cancer, and respiratory diseases, such as asthma. Links to diabetes and impaired infant growth are increasingly recognised. Policies to support reducing the combustion of fossil fuels through cleaner transport and power generation, are needed to reduce key sources of outdoor air pollution. Our Air Pollution Special Interest Group(SIG) members seek to support policies and programs to improve the health of all Australians through better protection of clean air.
Air Pollution Resources
REPORT ON AIR POLLUTION
“Lethal power: how coal is killing people in Australia” delivers a nation-wide estimate of the health effects from air pollution
FACTSHEETS ON AIR POLLUTION
Bushfires and Health: our fire-prone continent is at particular risk from the impacts of climate change, and we are experiencing more extreme heat events, an increase in severe fire danger days and a longer fire season. (Dec 2017)
AusDoc: As Australia burns, where is our plan?
January 10, 2020 - As the fires continue to burn across eastern Australia, DEA’s Honorary Secretary Dr Richard Yin and DEA member Dr George Crisp, write the full scale of the health impacts and the capacity of health services to adequately respond is emerging–doctors on the frontline who are working in evacuation centres report they are dealing with up to 1000 evacuees, with very little equipment or support. Scientists have long predicted the compounding effects of climate change, yet plans for adaptation and mitigation have been inadequate . It is time we accept the science and the challenge before us and take urgent action...
ABC: Scientists say WA government’s prescribed burns targets have no scientific basis
May 31, 2023 - ...the heart, the lungs, the brain and blood vessels, and humans exposed to wood smoke have an increased risk of death, heart attacks, stroke, pneumonia, asthma attacks and birth complications. “We know that if humans are exposed to a bushfire, there’s a dramatic increase in hospital admissions up to hundreds of kilometres away, that lasts for days at a time.” Noongar custodian Daniel Garlett said traditional burning practices have long been misunderstood, and that all groups needed to work together to bring about change. Read the full story which was published on the ABC online on 11 May 2023...
Illness and Pollution at Port Augusta; Doctors Prescribe Solar Thermal Treatment
May 2, 2012 - ...costs of coal burning amount to billions of dollars in Australia, and these externalities are not included in the cost of electricity. They are carried by health services and individual suffering. Over the years Port Augusta has produced 30% of South Australia’s energy and has been vital to the energy security of the state. There were no alternatives. The situation has now changed; there are alternatives for clean energy which provide energy security. Under these circumstances it is medically unethical to continue pollution. Decision makers should be aware that gas still produces particulate pollution; deaths and illness are much less...
Lessons to be learnt in relation to the Australian bushfire season 2019-20
May 22, 2020 - DEA has provided a submission to the Senate inquiry, Lessons to be Learnt in relation to the 2019-20 bushfire season. DEA recommendations include the need for more research into the effects of long term exposure to bushfire smoke and better public health advice on how to best protect ourselves from its health impacts. It must be recognised that the underlying driver of Australia’s worsening bushfire seasons is climate change. To read DEA’s full submission please click here...
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