Doctors’ Billboards in Ottawa Condemn Fossil Industry for Ca

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Doctors’ Billboards in Ottawa Condemn Fossil Industry for Causing ‘Health Emergency’

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December 18, 2023 - The Energy Mix

EXCERPT: "Doctors in Canada are using billboard campaigns and a newly-published toolkit to warn policy-makers and the public about the health hazards of burning fossil fuels, as well as the deceptive tactics Big Oil uses to dodge these issues and delay change.

While clearly designed to pull the heartstrings—its image depicting a tearful girl wearing an oxygen mask over her face against a backdrop of haze and smoke—a billboard in downtown Ottawa paid for by the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE) communicates a fact that multiple research studies have confirmed: “Rising childhood asthma rates: Brought to you by Oil & Gas.” Below the bold headline, CAPE adds in smaller lettering: “Burning fossil fuels is causing a health emergency. Doctors are calling on the government to protect our health.” . . . ."

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