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PM2.5 Doesn't Have a Vaccine, and that is a Problem

August 25, 2026 · Achim Haug

Clean Air Has No Vaccine

A vaccine is almost the perfect intervention for evidence-based funding: a defined intervention, a defined recipient, a defined disease and a strong causal relationship. Clean air is almost the opposite. It is environmental, distributed and systemic - but it carries massive health burdens. How can we make funding into clean air more attractive for large evidence based philantrophic organisations?

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Clean Air for Kids: How One Mother's Concern Grew Into a Movement for Cleaner Classrooms

August 6, 2026

Clean Air for Kids: How One Mother's Concern Grew Into a Movement for Cleaner Classrooms

Children in England spend close to 190 days a year sitting in a classroom, and almost nobody checks the air they're breathing whilst they're there.

An AirGradient air quality monitor installed outdoors.

July 27, 2026 · OpenAir Foundation

Air Quality Deserves Practical Public Infrastructure

To our community, our partners, and everyone who has ever stepped outside and wondered what they were breathing. Introducing the Open Air Foundation.

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