Media alert: Doctors to warn about the health risks of breathing poor inside air at NSW Indoor Air Quality Inquiry

Doctors for the Environment Australia

What: Dr Ben Ewald, Dr Anthony Hull, and Dr Fiona Foo to appear either in person or via video link at the NSW Indoor Air Quality Inquiry on the back of a submission by Doctors for the Environment Australia 

When: Thursday 19 February 11:15am to 12pm

Where: Parliament House, Sydney

Doctors will appear tomorrow morning at the New South Wales parliamentary inquiry into clean indoor air to discuss the dangers of indoor air pollution.

Australia currently has no indoor air quality standards, but the development of such standards would improve the quality of the air we breathe inside.

Poor indoor air quality impacts us all, as we spend most of our time indoors. It especially affects children, who spend a large amount of time in classrooms, those who are pregnant, older people and those with existing heart, lung or immune system conditions, as well as those in lower socioeconomic groups or in workplaces where fossil fuels are burnt.

There are multiple sources of pollutants in modern buildings, including those from
cooking and heating with fossil gas or solid fuels such as wood and from volatile organic compounds in furnishings and paint.

However, measures to improve indoor air quality, such as improved ventilation and eliminating the main sources of pollutants, will benefit everyone.

See DEA's submission HERE.

For interviews

Please note that interview opportunities will be available today (Wednesday) and Thursday morning only.

Please contact Media and Communications Lead Carmela Ferraro on 0410 703 074 or [email protected]

ENDS

Doctors for the Environment Australia (DEA) is an independent, non-government organisation of medical doctors in all Australian states and territories.
DEA’s work is based on the premise that humans need a future with clean air and water, healthy soils capable of producing nutritious food, a stable climate, and a complex, diverse and interconnected humanity whose needs are met sustainably. We are therefore interested in environmental protection and restoration to promote human health and social stability.