Singleton GP Bob Vickers concerned about health impacts from longterm and cumulative PM2.5 exposure

Louise Nichols
Updated April 9 2020 - 12:26pm, first published 11:01am

Residents of the Upper Hunter were already coping with record levels of dust in the form of PM10 air pollution throughout 2019 when along came the 2019-20 bushfire season that blanketed the region in weeks of smoke that contains the dangerous smaller air polluting particles PM2.5.

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Louise Nichols

Louise Nichols

Senior journalist

From cattle to coal. Once a specialist agriculture writer today its about community, in particular, the Upper Hunter. I have lived and worked in the region for more than 30 years. Land use issues and the future direction of our region. But you cannot take ag out of the picture - our food and how we grow it is the basis of all life. Covering the Hunter and Mid North Coast rural issues is now part of my role with ACM.

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