Alert Technology Ltd is proud to support Global Action Plan’s Clean Air Day – 8th October 2020. Clean Air Day’s objective is to bring communities, businesses, schools and the health sector together to raise awareness of how air pollution impacts our health and how we can all work together to tackle it. The World Health Organisation and UK Government recognise that air pollution is the largest environmental health risk we face today, causing up to 36,000 deaths in the UK every year. Poor air quality is particularly detrimental to children, potentially impacting the development of their lungs and causing health …

Poor indoor air quality (IAQ) is a growing environmental health and wellbeing risk faced by most building occupiers today. Recognised as one of the largest environmental risks we face by WHO (World Health Organisation) – it is known that general air pollution causes over 3 million deaths globally per year and 3 million lost working days in the UK. It appears there’s little reprieve indoors either, with UK campaigners calling our highly insulated, poorly ventilated, energy efficient homes and buildings “toxic boxes” where the air inside can be up to 3 times worse than outside.[1] Air pollution contributes to lung …

Alert Technology Ltd is proud to support World Lung Cancer Day 2020 through our continued work to reduce the risk of exposure to asbestos, a global cause of lung cancer. Lung cancer continues to be one of the most common cancers worldwide, claiming more lives yearly than breast, colon and prostate cancers combined. It is estimated that lung cancer accounts for nearly one in five cancer deaths globally.* *Source: www.cancerhealth.com #LivingWithLungCancer …