BellingenNSW<p>Airborne Hazards <br>Smoke pollution from pile burning, bushfires and burn pits</p><p>Push for Australia to recognise toxic burn pits in Afghanistan as cause of cancer in soldiers >><br><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-11/burn-pits-afghanistan-iraq-causing-adf-soldiers-cancer/105004910" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-03-11/bur</span><span class="invisible">n-pits-afghanistan-iraq-causing-adf-soldiers-cancer/105004910</span></a></p><p>Airborne Hazards and Burn Pit Exposures (US)<br>"Open air pits used to burn several waste products, including, but not limited to: chemicals, paint, medical and human waste, metal/aluminum cans, munitions, petroleum and lubricant products, plastics and Styrofoam, rubber, wood, and food waste."</p><p>List of illnesses from airborne hazards and burn pit exposures >><br><a href="https://www.publichealth.va.gov/exposures/burnpits/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">publichealth.va.gov/exposures/</span><span class="invisible">burnpits/</span></a></p><p>Pile burning in rural NSW<br>"Burning of cut and stacked vegetation is referred to as a pile burn." The piles often also contain waste materials. >><br><a href="https://www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/13323/Standards-for-Pile-Burning-V2.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rfs.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/p</span><span class="invisible">df_file/0012/13323/Standards-for-Pile-Burning-V2.pdf</span></a></p><p>Black Summer bushfire smoke<br>"Before summer's end, 33 people had lost their lives, more than 3,000 homes had been destroyed, and more than 17 million hectares of land had been burnt, devastating lives and regional economies. Many cities and towns were blanketed in smoke with air quality ranking amongst the worst in the world.">><br><a href="https://www.apsc.gov.au/state-service/state-service-report-2019-20/chapter-1-commitment-service/black-summer" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">apsc.gov.au/state-service/stat</span><span class="invisible">e-service-report-2019-20/chapter-1-commitment-service/black-summer</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/AirborneHazards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AirborneHazards</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/smoke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>smoke</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/waste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>waste</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/incineration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>incineration</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/fires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fires</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/bushfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bushfires</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/air" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>air</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/FossilFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuels</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/plastics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plastics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/illness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>illness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/governance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>governance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>war</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/air" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>air</span></a></p>