Acclaimed scientist and long-standing advisor to the World Health Organization, Morawska played the key role in exposing and correcting the international health body’s mistaken claim that SARS-CoV-2 was not an airborne virus.
We should demand clean air like we demand safe tap water, say Leicester academics
Confidence in ventilation is needed to regain trust when eating, drinking and socialising indoors
Demand for improvements to indoor ventilation from academics including at Leicester University (Image: Leicester Mercury / Chris Gordon)
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IMAGE: Professor Noakes stands by the side of the ducting in a ventilation system of a large building view more
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A group of the world s leading experts in the transmission of airborne pathogens is calling for a tightened regulatory system to control air quality in buildings - as a way of reducing the spread of covid-19 and other illnesses.
Writing in the journal
Science, the 40 scientists say: A paradigm shift is needed on the scale that occurred when Chadwick s Sanitary Report in 1842 led the British government to encourage cities to organise clean water supplies and centralised sewage systems.
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‘Boost air quality in buildings to reduce respiratory infections’
Leading experts in the transmission of airborne pathogens are calling for tighter regulations to control air quality in buildings – as a way of reducing the spread of COVID-19 and other illnesses.
Writing in the journal Science, the 40 scientists said: “A paradigm shift is needed on the scale that occurred when Chadwick’s Sanitary Report in 1842 led the British government to encourage cities to organise clean water supplies and centralised sewage systems.
“In the 21st century we need to establish the foundations to ensure that the air in our buildings is clean, with a significantly reduced pathogen count, contributing to the building occupants’ health – just as we expect for the water coming out of our taps.”