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'Poor indoor air quality is estimated to be costing the country about a billion
dollars each year in healthcare costs and decreased productivity, a public
health expert says.
Researchers were calling for a national agency to help improve indoor air
quality which posed a "major but invisible" health risk across public spaces,
such as hospitals, schools, workplaces and homes.
The Public Health Communication Centre (PHCC) issued a briefing on the matter
on Thursday.
The briefing's co-author and Otago University associate professor Julie Bennett
said indoor air quality was often overlooked.
"We wouldn't drink dirty water or eat unsafe food, but we rarely think about
the air we breathe," she said.
"Because we spend around 90 percent of our lives indoors, the quality of that
air is critical to our health and wellbeing. Access to clean air should be
treated as a basic human right, just like safe drinking water."'
Via Violet Blue’s
Threat Model - Covid: September 11, 2025:
https://reasonstobecheerful.world/what-were-reading-bikeshare-citibike-most-used/
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
