NB Lung | Poumon NB
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Your provincial lung health charity, fighting for respiratory health and clean air since 1933.
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🎉 Cheers to 90 years! Since 1933, NB Lung has helped New Brunswick breathe easier — from fighting TB to tackling air quality, pollution & lung disease and improving patient care.💙
Support our next 90 years: donate today at nblung.ca/donate
#NBLung #90YearsStrong #LungHealth #NBProud #NewBrunswick
Support our next 90 years: donate today at nblung.ca/donate
#NBLung #90YearsStrong #LungHealth #NBProud #NewBrunswick
November 17, 2025 at 11:05 AM
🎉 Cheers to 90 years! Since 1933, NB Lung has helped New Brunswick breathe easier — from fighting TB to tackling air quality, pollution & lung disease and improving patient care.💙
Support our next 90 years: donate today at nblung.ca/donate
#NBLung #90YearsStrong #LungHealth #NBProud #NewBrunswick
Support our next 90 years: donate today at nblung.ca/donate
#NBLung #90YearsStrong #LungHealth #NBProud #NewBrunswick
This Friday's Health Canada Radon Mitigation Grant winner is from #Dieppe, #NewBrunswick!
If you live in Dieppe, purchased a kit from NB Lung, and tested high for #Radon, check your email to find out if you we're this week's recipient.
Learn more about Radon on our site:
nblung.ca/environmenta...
If you live in Dieppe, purchased a kit from NB Lung, and tested high for #Radon, check your email to find out if you we're this week's recipient.
Learn more about Radon on our site:
nblung.ca/environmenta...
November 14, 2025 at 3:21 PM
This Friday's Health Canada Radon Mitigation Grant winner is from #Dieppe, #NewBrunswick!
If you live in Dieppe, purchased a kit from NB Lung, and tested high for #Radon, check your email to find out if you we're this week's recipient.
Learn more about Radon on our site:
nblung.ca/environmenta...
If you live in Dieppe, purchased a kit from NB Lung, and tested high for #Radon, check your email to find out if you we're this week's recipient.
Learn more about Radon on our site:
nblung.ca/environmenta...
Join us Jan 28–29 in Fredericton (or online) for the 2026 Atlantic Air Quality & Health Workshop! Explore the links between air, health & climate with experts from across Atlantic Canada.
Register now:
https://tinyurl.com/54v9u2nd
#AirQuality #Health #Climate #NB #Workshop2026
Register now:
https://tinyurl.com/54v9u2nd
#AirQuality #Health #Climate #NB #Workshop2026
November 14, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Join us Jan 28–29 in Fredericton (or online) for the 2026 Atlantic Air Quality & Health Workshop! Explore the links between air, health & climate with experts from across Atlantic Canada.
Register now:
https://tinyurl.com/54v9u2nd
#AirQuality #Health #Climate #NB #Workshop2026
Register now:
https://tinyurl.com/54v9u2nd
#AirQuality #Health #Climate #NB #Workshop2026
Have you purchased a radon test kit through NB Lung? If your home tested above safe levels, your kit was entered into a draw for a $1,000 mitigation grant courtesy of Health Canada!
This Friday's winner is from Scotch Lake, New Brunswick! If you or someone you know tested your home in...
This Friday's winner is from Scotch Lake, New Brunswick! If you or someone you know tested your home in...
November 7, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Have you purchased a radon test kit through NB Lung? If your home tested above safe levels, your kit was entered into a draw for a $1,000 mitigation grant courtesy of Health Canada!
This Friday's winner is from Scotch Lake, New Brunswick! If you or someone you know tested your home in...
This Friday's winner is from Scotch Lake, New Brunswick! If you or someone you know tested your home in...
Yesterday NB Lung hosted a Lung Cancer Lunch & Learn with more than 30 Members of the Legislative Assembly, lung cancer patient advocates and caregivers, and our friends from the Lung Health Foundation.
MLAs got to meet with lung cancer survivors and learn about how New Brunswick's healthcare...
MLAs got to meet with lung cancer survivors and learn about how New Brunswick's healthcare...
November 6, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Yesterday NB Lung hosted a Lung Cancer Lunch & Learn with more than 30 Members of the Legislative Assembly, lung cancer patient advocates and caregivers, and our friends from the Lung Health Foundation.
MLAs got to meet with lung cancer survivors and learn about how New Brunswick's healthcare...
MLAs got to meet with lung cancer survivors and learn about how New Brunswick's healthcare...
...the site on Route 940" before all processes have been completed, and only a water testing permit has been granted."
Sign our petition to support Clean Air and a Healthy Environment in New Brunswick:
nblung.ca/advocacy/sto...
#Tantramar #Oil #Gas #FossilFuels #NewBrunswick #NBpoli
Sign our petition to support Clean Air and a Healthy Environment in New Brunswick:
nblung.ca/advocacy/sto...
#Tantramar #Oil #Gas #FossilFuels #NewBrunswick #NBpoli
October 7, 2025 at 1:16 PM
...the site on Route 940" before all processes have been completed, and only a water testing permit has been granted."
Sign our petition to support Clean Air and a Healthy Environment in New Brunswick:
nblung.ca/advocacy/sto...
#Tantramar #Oil #Gas #FossilFuels #NewBrunswick #NBpoli
Sign our petition to support Clean Air and a Healthy Environment in New Brunswick:
nblung.ca/advocacy/sto...
#Tantramar #Oil #Gas #FossilFuels #NewBrunswick #NBpoli
The First Annual NB Lung Run was a huge success! Nearly 100 participants raised over $10,000 to support our programs and lung health in #NewBrunswick!
We can't wait to see you all next year!
We can't wait to see you all next year!
September 18, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The First Annual NB Lung Run was a huge success! Nearly 100 participants raised over $10,000 to support our programs and lung health in #NewBrunswick!
We can't wait to see you all next year!
We can't wait to see you all next year!
Support Bill 19 - An Act Recognizing the Right to a Healthy Environment by signing the Green petition on their website, and the NB Lung petition on our advocacy page.
The Greens are hoping to reach 1000 signatures during this week's review period, and we'd like to see our petition grow to 500!
The Greens are hoping to reach 1000 signatures during this week's review period, and we'd like to see our petition grow to 500!
September 18, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Support Bill 19 - An Act Recognizing the Right to a Healthy Environment by signing the Green petition on their website, and the NB Lung petition on our advocacy page.
The Greens are hoping to reach 1000 signatures during this week's review period, and we'd like to see our petition grow to 500!
The Greens are hoping to reach 1000 signatures during this week's review period, and we'd like to see our petition grow to 500!
And our Community Partners Cliff's No Frills, City of Fredericton, Triathlon New Brunswick and Blue Ridge Water.
See you all next year!
#NewBrunswick #FunRun #Fredericton #CleanAir
See you all next year!
#NewBrunswick #FunRun #Fredericton #CleanAir
September 10, 2025 at 12:34 PM
And our Community Partners Cliff's No Frills, City of Fredericton, Triathlon New Brunswick and Blue Ridge Water.
See you all next year!
#NewBrunswick #FunRun #Fredericton #CleanAir
See you all next year!
#NewBrunswick #FunRun #Fredericton #CleanAir
Special thank you to our Presenting Sponsor, Berni Williams Insurance and Financial Services Inc., our Supporting Sponsor PC Girls, our Hydration Station Sponsors Bulletproof Solutions, Radon Repair, Office Interiors, Active Office, Moonraker Realty...
September 10, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Special thank you to our Presenting Sponsor, Berni Williams Insurance and Financial Services Inc., our Supporting Sponsor PC Girls, our Hydration Station Sponsors Bulletproof Solutions, Radon Repair, Office Interiors, Active Office, Moonraker Realty...
The first annual NB Lung Run was a huge success for us! More than 80 participants raised over $10,000 to support our programs and lung health in New Brunswick!
Thank you to everyone who showed up, raised funds, and helped make the Lung Run a great day.
Thank you to everyone who showed up, raised funds, and helped make the Lung Run a great day.
September 10, 2025 at 12:34 PM
The first annual NB Lung Run was a huge success for us! More than 80 participants raised over $10,000 to support our programs and lung health in New Brunswick!
Thank you to everyone who showed up, raised funds, and helped make the Lung Run a great day.
Thank you to everyone who showed up, raised funds, and helped make the Lung Run a great day.
NB Lung's CEO is speaking at the #NewBrunswick legislature today about much-needed updates to the Clean Air Act, which has is failing to protect New Brunswickers and has not been updated since 1997.
Preliminary info from GNB suggest that the updated act will include more pollutants to be tracked...
Preliminary info from GNB suggest that the updated act will include more pollutants to be tracked...
September 9, 2025 at 4:58 PM
NB Lung's CEO is speaking at the #NewBrunswick legislature today about much-needed updates to the Clean Air Act, which has is failing to protect New Brunswickers and has not been updated since 1997.
Preliminary info from GNB suggest that the updated act will include more pollutants to be tracked...
Preliminary info from GNB suggest that the updated act will include more pollutants to be tracked...
Great article about #AirQuality in #Canada from CBC's Nicole Mortillaro.
"Air pollution is the greatest external threat to human well-being on the planet, and I don't believe that that is widely recognized," - Michael Greenstone
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
"Air pollution is the greatest external threat to human well-being on the planet, and I don't believe that that is widely recognized," - Michael Greenstone
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
August 28, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Great article about #AirQuality in #Canada from CBC's Nicole Mortillaro.
"Air pollution is the greatest external threat to human well-being on the planet, and I don't believe that that is widely recognized," - Michael Greenstone
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
"Air pollution is the greatest external threat to human well-being on the planet, and I don't believe that that is widely recognized," - Michael Greenstone
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
Another extremely hot day in #NewBrunswick with ongoing #wildfires and #AirQuality alerts in #Miramichi and #Moncton.
Here's a thread of resources to help out:
-Air Quality Updates for GC: weather.gc.ca/airquality/p...
-New Brunswick Fire Watch: www.gnb.ca/en/topic/law...
Here's a thread of resources to help out:
-Air Quality Updates for GC: weather.gc.ca/airquality/p...
-New Brunswick Fire Watch: www.gnb.ca/en/topic/law...
August 12, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Another extremely hot day in #NewBrunswick with ongoing #wildfires and #AirQuality alerts in #Miramichi and #Moncton.
Here's a thread of resources to help out:
-Air Quality Updates for GC: weather.gc.ca/airquality/p...
-New Brunswick Fire Watch: www.gnb.ca/en/topic/law...
Here's a thread of resources to help out:
-Air Quality Updates for GC: weather.gc.ca/airquality/p...
-New Brunswick Fire Watch: www.gnb.ca/en/topic/law...
Every day during the school year, thousands of New Brunswick kids ride diesel school buses—breathing in harmful fumes linked to asthma, learning issues, and more.
August 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Every day during the school year, thousands of New Brunswick kids ride diesel school buses—breathing in harmful fumes linked to asthma, learning issues, and more.
NB Power wants to build a new fossil fuel power plant in Tantramar
They’re calling it a “renewable integration project.” But make no mistake: this is not green energy. It’s a 500 MW methane-fired plant that would pollute our air, lock us into 25+ more years of fossil fuels...
They’re calling it a “renewable integration project.” But make no mistake: this is not green energy. It’s a 500 MW methane-fired plant that would pollute our air, lock us into 25+ more years of fossil fuels...
July 25, 2025 at 2:18 PM
NB Power wants to build a new fossil fuel power plant in Tantramar
They’re calling it a “renewable integration project.” But make no mistake: this is not green energy. It’s a 500 MW methane-fired plant that would pollute our air, lock us into 25+ more years of fossil fuels...
They’re calling it a “renewable integration project.” But make no mistake: this is not green energy. It’s a 500 MW methane-fired plant that would pollute our air, lock us into 25+ more years of fossil fuels...
Exciting News! Our First Annual NB Lung Run has secured our Presenting Sponsor!
Thank you to Berni Williams Insurance & Financial Services Inc. for choosing to support our fundraising event. Your sponsorship is improving the lives of the 1 in 5 New Brunswickers living with lung disease.
Thank you to Berni Williams Insurance & Financial Services Inc. for choosing to support our fundraising event. Your sponsorship is improving the lives of the 1 in 5 New Brunswickers living with lung disease.
July 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Exciting News! Our First Annual NB Lung Run has secured our Presenting Sponsor!
Thank you to Berni Williams Insurance & Financial Services Inc. for choosing to support our fundraising event. Your sponsorship is improving the lives of the 1 in 5 New Brunswickers living with lung disease.
Thank you to Berni Williams Insurance & Financial Services Inc. for choosing to support our fundraising event. Your sponsorship is improving the lives of the 1 in 5 New Brunswickers living with lung disease.
🔥 Heads up, #NewBrunswick — Hot Temperatures & Wildfire Smoke Ahead ☀️
High heat and wildfire smoke are expected across the province Tuesday and Wednesday (July 15–16). These conditions can be tough on your lungs—especially if you have asthma, COPD, or other breathing issues.
High heat and wildfire smoke are expected across the province Tuesday and Wednesday (July 15–16). These conditions can be tough on your lungs—especially if you have asthma, COPD, or other breathing issues.
July 15, 2025 at 11:41 AM
🔥 Heads up, #NewBrunswick — Hot Temperatures & Wildfire Smoke Ahead ☀️
High heat and wildfire smoke are expected across the province Tuesday and Wednesday (July 15–16). These conditions can be tough on your lungs—especially if you have asthma, COPD, or other breathing issues.
High heat and wildfire smoke are expected across the province Tuesday and Wednesday (July 15–16). These conditions can be tough on your lungs—especially if you have asthma, COPD, or other breathing issues.
Great news! Our Race Roster page for the First Annual Lung Run is live! You can register today for the 2K walk/run or the 5K.
Help spread the word about our all-ages, all-abilities Walk/Run in support of your provincial lung health charity!
#NewBrunswick #Fredericton
raceroster.com/events/2025/...
Help spread the word about our all-ages, all-abilities Walk/Run in support of your provincial lung health charity!
#NewBrunswick #Fredericton
raceroster.com/events/2025/...
June 20, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Great news! Our Race Roster page for the First Annual Lung Run is live! You can register today for the 2K walk/run or the 5K.
Help spread the word about our all-ages, all-abilities Walk/Run in support of your provincial lung health charity!
#NewBrunswick #Fredericton
raceroster.com/events/2025/...
Help spread the word about our all-ages, all-abilities Walk/Run in support of your provincial lung health charity!
#NewBrunswick #Fredericton
raceroster.com/events/2025/...
🌈What does #Pride Month have to do with lung health? A lot, actually!
While modern Pride celebrations highlight the resilience and history of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, they are also a time to reflect upon continuing struggles and disparities.
While modern Pride celebrations highlight the resilience and history of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, they are also a time to reflect upon continuing struggles and disparities.
June 18, 2025 at 4:28 PM
🌈What does #Pride Month have to do with lung health? A lot, actually!
While modern Pride celebrations highlight the resilience and history of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, they are also a time to reflect upon continuing struggles and disparities.
While modern Pride celebrations highlight the resilience and history of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, they are also a time to reflect upon continuing struggles and disparities.
You have the right to speak with your MLA about issues that are important to you.
NB Lung has made getting in touch with your elected representatives easy with customizable letters that go straight to your local MLA.
NB Lung has made getting in touch with your elected representatives easy with customizable letters that go straight to your local MLA.
June 16, 2025 at 12:38 PM
You have the right to speak with your MLA about issues that are important to you.
NB Lung has made getting in touch with your elected representatives easy with customizable letters that go straight to your local MLA.
NB Lung has made getting in touch with your elected representatives easy with customizable letters that go straight to your local MLA.
Whether you’ve just been diagnosed with asthma or COPD, are navigating life with long COVID, or are preparing for a lung transplant—NB Lung is here for you.
Our free patient counselling services provide support, guidance, and a listening ear for individuals and families coping with lung disease.
Our free patient counselling services provide support, guidance, and a listening ear for individuals and families coping with lung disease.
June 12, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Whether you’ve just been diagnosed with asthma or COPD, are navigating life with long COVID, or are preparing for a lung transplant—NB Lung is here for you.
Our free patient counselling services provide support, guidance, and a listening ear for individuals and families coping with lung disease.
Our free patient counselling services provide support, guidance, and a listening ear for individuals and families coping with lung disease.
🔥 Wildfire smoke is back in the forecast.
Learn how to protect yourself and your loved ones before, during, and after an AQ event. NB Lung has tips, tools, and resources to help you this wildfire season.
➡️ Read our full blog and find helpful guides, free KN95 masks, and DIY air purifier:
Learn how to protect yourself and your loved ones before, during, and after an AQ event. NB Lung has tips, tools, and resources to help you this wildfire season.
➡️ Read our full blog and find helpful guides, free KN95 masks, and DIY air purifier:
June 11, 2025 at 11:54 AM
🔥 Wildfire smoke is back in the forecast.
Learn how to protect yourself and your loved ones before, during, and after an AQ event. NB Lung has tips, tools, and resources to help you this wildfire season.
➡️ Read our full blog and find helpful guides, free KN95 masks, and DIY air purifier:
Learn how to protect yourself and your loved ones before, during, and after an AQ event. NB Lung has tips, tools, and resources to help you this wildfire season.
➡️ Read our full blog and find helpful guides, free KN95 masks, and DIY air purifier:
🌱 Effects on farming & food
Changing growing seasons, unpredictable weather, and water issues make farming more challenging and less predictable for NB’s agricultural sector.
💨 Climate change is not just about the environment—it’s about our health, economy, and future.
Changing growing seasons, unpredictable weather, and water issues make farming more challenging and less predictable for NB’s agricultural sector.
💨 Climate change is not just about the environment—it’s about our health, economy, and future.
June 5, 2025 at 1:09 PM
🌱 Effects on farming & food
Changing growing seasons, unpredictable weather, and water issues make farming more challenging and less predictable for NB’s agricultural sector.
💨 Climate change is not just about the environment—it’s about our health, economy, and future.
Changing growing seasons, unpredictable weather, and water issues make farming more challenging and less predictable for NB’s agricultural sector.
💨 Climate change is not just about the environment—it’s about our health, economy, and future.
🐟 Fishing & aquaculture
Warming oceans disrupt fish populations and traditional fishing grounds, threatening a key part of our economy and culture.
🌲 Ecosystem stress
Shifting seasons & changing precipitation patterns stress native plants & wildlife, giving invasive species a competitive edge.
Warming oceans disrupt fish populations and traditional fishing grounds, threatening a key part of our economy and culture.
🌲 Ecosystem stress
Shifting seasons & changing precipitation patterns stress native plants & wildlife, giving invasive species a competitive edge.
June 5, 2025 at 1:09 PM
🐟 Fishing & aquaculture
Warming oceans disrupt fish populations and traditional fishing grounds, threatening a key part of our economy and culture.
🌲 Ecosystem stress
Shifting seasons & changing precipitation patterns stress native plants & wildlife, giving invasive species a competitive edge.
Warming oceans disrupt fish populations and traditional fishing grounds, threatening a key part of our economy and culture.
🌲 Ecosystem stress
Shifting seasons & changing precipitation patterns stress native plants & wildlife, giving invasive species a competitive edge.