Last night after cooking the dinner it was time to sit and relax while watching my favourite current affair program…..Today Tonight.

The relaxation soon turned to concern after watching the segment on dangers of unflued gas heaters in schools & homes.

Environmental Consultant Len Ferrari was enlisted by the Federal Department of Environment and Heritage four years ago to report on unflued gas heaters, he looked at new and old heaters. 

He handed over his report to the government in June 2004.

“What we found was that in two-thirds of the houses tested, the concentrations of nitrogen dioxide, the toxic gas, was above the level set by the World Health Organisations.”

In some countries eg UK these unflued gas heaters have been banned. So you may well ask yourself…. why are they still being used in our schools or even sold in the shops for us to install in our homes? It is quite obvious there are concerns as….

The NSW Education Department has a policy of warning teachers in classrooms to open windows and doors to counteract the nitrogen dioxide emissions.

I wonder how many teachers are following this warning policy.  For many of us who do have children who suffer from asthma or allergies these unflued gas heaters could be making them sicker. 

If you haven’t been to your school’s P&C meeting in a while… now may be the time to take a copy of the information revealed by Today Tonight about the dangers of unflued gas heaters in schools & homes & bring it to their attention. 

You may not think you have the power to make changes but if you don’t try you’ll never know.  It reminds me of  the time… many years ago, when the parents of Harbord chained themselves to the fence & camped outside when the telephone co. tried to install their towers right next door to our kindergarten.  Now that was certainly…. Parents Power United! 

Resources:
Campaign Opposing Unflued Gas Heating (COUGH)
Clean Air Society

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