tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post5298470738482541753..comments2024-03-29T10:39:10.439+00:00Comments on WEMBLEY MATTERS: LETTER: Beckton Polio alert exposes Brent Council's lack of action on Wealdstone Brook sewage pollutionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-11987000830624332112022-06-25T18:40:08.023+01:002022-06-25T18:40:08.023+01:00Many thanks to Friends of Woodcock Park and others...Many thanks to Friends of Woodcock Park and others who have been working on this, but it's perhaps worth adding that the problem certainly isn't confined to Woodcock Park. The area where Wealdstone Brook crosses Forty Avenue has been smelling horrible for months; it was particularly bad when I cycled over it last Wednesday (the weather has been very hot), so clearly the problem has not been resolved.Philip Brombergnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-10198356367599977142022-06-25T18:30:18.738+01:002022-06-25T18:30:18.738+01:00Thanks to Friends of Woodcock Park and others who ...Thanks to Friends of Woodcock Park and others who have been working on this, but it's perhaps worth adding that the problem certainly isn't confined to Woodcock Park. The area where Wealdstone Brook crosses Forty Avenue has been smelling revolting for months; it was particularly bad when I cycled over it last Wednesday (the weather had been hot), so clearly the problem has not been resolved.Philip Brombergnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-63014778733821343402022-06-24T12:39:35.345+01:002022-06-24T12:39:35.345+01:00I read yesterday that the polio found at Beckon se...I read yesterday that the polio found at Beckon sewage works will be Health Security Agency traced back to its precise street or block of origin, this out of a 4 million North and West London homes catchment area.<br /><br />South Kilburn is a marked as having tuberculosis cases and development-led removal of health infrastructure on estates is certainly regressive London pandemic government. <br /><br />Maybe ongoing Brent rivers pollution could like with polio be traced back to source? <br />David Waltonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-59991919442381406952022-06-23T11:35:52.073+01:002022-06-23T11:35:52.073+01:00Received via email:
With Polio detected in London...Received via email:<br /><br />With Polio detected in London sewage, Dr Chris Papadopoulos, Principal Lecturer in Public Health at the University of Bedfordshire, says this incident highlights how the UK has dropped the ball when it comes combating vaccine stigma in deprived communities:<br /><br />“The real danger here is steadily decreasing rates of childhood vaccination across the board (including Polio) in many communities in the UK. The statistics show that vaccine hesitancy is increasing and the problem really isn't going to solve itself.<br />“In the short term, to boost the public's response to the Polio situation, the government should offer financial incentives to families, especially those living in deprivation, as it is here that vaccination rates are decreasing the most. In the longer term, the growing stigma toward vaccines in childhood means we need a better public health strategy that's underpinned with the latest research, together with real political will to address the problem.”Martin Francishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02194641151012303116noreply@blogger.com