Hazel Storey                            AIR0002

Written evidence submitted by Hazel Storey

8. What steps can the Government take to improve indoor air quality?

Please make it a priority and pass the Clean Air Bill. Sign The Clean Air (Human Rights) Bill

EDM (Early Day Motion) 679 and do not cause any further delay.

- ban woodburner sales

- phase out woodburners

- ban gas cooker sales

- phase out gas cookers

Schools in particular are a massive risk to everyone's health. Schools have poor indoor air quality. The Government needs to invest in our schools and support schools to implement clean air policies.

Our son, 12 today, has now suffered with 9 separate Covid infections (the most recent with concurrent tonsillitis and fungal infection). Our daughter, 7, has had Covid multiple times. Each has unresolved symptoms such as fatigue, ear pain, alteration to taste. I have had long Covid since March 2020. School plays the biggest part in our household's health. Nobody knows what the long term effects of Covid are. Currently it is ruinous for us.

Schools would benefit from:

Taking part in SAMHE

Installation of e.g. air quality monitoring devices, display screens of air quality measures, Corsi-Rosenthal boxes, Hepa or other technology involving filtration, ventilation and modern science.

A nationwide honest and informative awareness campaign re not only airborne viruses but also asthma, allergy, VOCs etc etc and all harmful substances

The end of gaslighting, minimisation and the pretence Covid is not dangerous for children & adults and that schools are magically safe from all harms.

Being in a better position for the next pandemic which is likely to be airborne too.

May 2023