It's hard to breathe': Bushfires cause choking air pollution in south-east Queensland

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The air quality in parts of the south-east Queensland becomes worse than in Mumbai as bushfires rage across the state.

The family struggled to source a nebuliser for him.Pollution impacts are cumulative

"Locally we're seeing that there's a lot more presentations and exacerbations of asthma conditions and respiratory illness," he said. "The suppliers do have plenty of stock. It may just be a timing thing where they didn't have any stock on the shelf at that particular time and you may need to shop around."

 

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I didn't think it was that bad. I'm an asthmatic and it didn't affect me at all.

This was Friday 15th, 11:30 Port Macquarie. Funny how these things make the news when it effects 'the big smoke'.

And the human element is bloody arsonists not anthropogenic (sic) climate change.

Been bushfires here for thousands of years......its not new.

20 minutes south of Port Macquarie. It was 414 on Friday.

And Port Macquarie/Camden Haven! We need breathing masks here.

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