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Bringing UK air quality data together in one place. With the latest global news on air pollution, clean air and health.
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Australia’s advertising regulator has found that a wood stove company’s environmental claims aren’t supported by evidence. dsawsp.org/blog/advertising-…
ALT Smoke billows out from a metal chimney. Text says “Australian wood stove company breached advertising regulations.”
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“The strongest association was observed for PM2.5…
People living in areas with the highest levels of pollution had up to 70% higher odds of glaucoma compared with those living in the least polluted areas…”
Air Pollution Linked to Higher Glaucoma and Cataract Risk
emjreviews.com/en-us/amj/gen…
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Young women, who are trying to make the best of an often devastating chronic illness, are turning to social media to express what it is like to live the way they do, in order to create a truly accurate image of life with chronic illness that makes the public aware of what their lives are truly like.
fixed the title 😉
The coolest part of disability is how my friends all abandoned me or, if they stuck around, couldn’t stop saying offensive things about my body!
ALT Article from the telegraph: how having a disability became cool. Subheading: young women, named “sickfluencers“are turning chronic illness into a lifestyle, trend and trenching a culture of economic and activity.
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Using the excuse of its an opinion piece doesn't change underlying inaccuracies or misrepresentation
You could write an opinion which doesn't rely on misleading or wrong information and doesn't leave public opinion more ignorant+skewed
It's deliberate choice & harms all of us
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Does anyone else see the asymmetrical narratives Burchill deploys in her piece below?
Vine is given humanising narrative space, while disabled people are mostly given compressed, generalised & adversarial space—
discussed more than listened to. #BlockedByVine #DisabilityRights
If anyone would like to compare my thread to Burchill's piece, here it is in its entirety, in the following screencaps:
#IstandWithMike #BlockedByVine
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Then your opinion is demonstrably incorrect.
Taxpayers do not fund “a quarter of their compatriots to take their ease”
The @theipaper can't be very good at fact-checking. It's very easy to find.
gov.uk/government/statistics…
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What about when your opinion isn't based on facts?
Also false. Julie Burchill says taxpayers fund “a quarter of their compatriots to take their ease”. 25% is disability prevalence, not welfare inactivity. It includes children, pensioners and millions in work. 5.5m disabled people were employed Apr-Jun 2025
gov.uk/government/statistics…
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RT @jamespdrury: Excellent thread here on the “i” hit piece rushed out to attempt to tear the narrative back in favour of professional vict…
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I've read it—
Burchill begins with a preferred conclusion: [that] Vine is fundamentally fair & any critic is unreasonable - then selects character details, anecdotes & loaded descriptions which reinforce it.
#BlockedByVine
It's bias & internalised stigma is fully evident!
So the I-paper have now paid Julie Burchill to write a hit piece over the Jeremy Vine episode. I’m not going to share the article as I refuse to give it any oxygen, but it seems I’m pissing off all the right people. They can write all the hit pieces they want, but I’m not going to let it distract me from speaking the truth and I think we should all let it fizzle out.
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Also false. Julie Burchill says taxpayers fund “a quarter of their compatriots to take their ease”. 25% is disability prevalence, not welfare inactivity. It includes children, pensioners and millions in work. 5.5m disabled people were employed Apr-Jun 2025
gov.uk/government/statistics…
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In light of recent claims made about me in private messages from Jeremy Vine, and given the public nature of the issues involved, I am releasing the relevant correspondence for transparency.
I challenged the decision to appoint Mr Vine as host of the Carers UK Awards because of longstanding concerns about how disabled people, chronically ill people, and unpaid carers are portrayed on his programme. The petition that followed was not created or organised by me; it was initiated independently by another X user.
I do not condone abuse, harassment, or threats directed at anyone, and I reject any attempt to hold me responsible for the behaviour of others online.
The messages I received raise matters of public interest relating to charity governance, media influence, and accountability. Publishing them ensures the record is accurate and allows the public to understand the context in which these claims were made.
My intention is not to cause distress, but to correct the record and uphold the right of our communities to challenge narratives that affect us.
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Are you able to back up the opinion, with evidence, that your presentation and show is balanced?
The excellent Disability News Service has already challenged your programme this year, and didn't get a satisfactory answer.
disabilitynewsservice.com/it…
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"The Timms review has been prepared in collaboration with disabled people and charities"
theguardian.com/society/2026…
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What has someone else’s wood burning taken from you?
Share your story and read others’ here: dsawsp.org/personal-stories
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"The study found that lung function was most affected by exposure to limonene‑derived aerosols and woodsmoke, even after just a 60‑minute exposure."
ncas.ac.uk/just-one-hour-of-…
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