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Partner Webinar: Air Quality and Healthy Hearts – Progress and Remaining Challenges
Host: US EPA Air and Energy Research Program Presenters: Dr. Wayne Cascio, director of EPA’s Center for Public Health and Environmental Assessment (CPHEA), Dr. Ana Rappold, CPHEA statistician, and Dr. Cavin Ward-Caviness, CPHEA computational biologist. Abstract: EPA’s Office of Research and Development, Air and Energy National Research Program is working to assess the impact and […]
EPA Tools and Resources Webinar – Air Pollution and Heart Disease
VirtualHost: EPA Office of Research and Development Presenter: Wayne E. Cascio, Ph.D., Director of the Center for Public Health and Environmental Assessment, EPA Office of Research and Development Abstract: Over the past 50 years to meet its mission of protecting human health and the environment, EPA has worked to ensure that all Americans have access […]
21st Annual National Tribal Forum on Air Quality (Virtual)
On behalf of the NTFAQ Planning Committee and all of us at the Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals (ITEP), the National Tribal Air Association (NTAA), and the Tribal Air Monitoring Support Center (TAMS Center), it is our pleasure to open registration to the 21st Annual National Tribal Forum on Air Quality. This year we are pleased to […]
SFE Webinar: Potential Impacts of Prescribed Fire Smoke on Air Quality, Public Health, and Socially Vulnerable Populations in the Southeastern U.S.
A free one hour webinar from North Carolina State University, the Southern Fire Exchange, and the University of Florida. Society of American Foresters CFE Credit Expected. Presenters: Sadia Afrin, Graduate Research Assistant, Dept. of Civil, Construction & Environmental Engineering, North Carolina State University Fernando Garcia Menendez, Assistant Professor Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, […]
Partner Webinar: Strategies for Effective Health Risk Communication During Wildfire Smoke
Air pollution and wildfire smoke can have immediate and lasting health effects. Individuals who are regularly exposed to poor air quality may report different health behaviors and conditions than those who are less exposed. EPA researchers set out to determine whether self-reported protective behaviors or health conditions differed by air quality. To conduct this research […]
Partner Webinar: Winners of the Cleaner Indoor Air During Wildfires Challenge
Join the EPA on October 26 as we announce the winners of the Cleaner Indoor Air During Wildfires Challenge. Winners will share their innovative designs for low-cost solutions that quietly and safely reduce indoor fine particulate matter (PM2.5) during periods when outdoor PM2.5 concentrations are high. Register for the webinar here. EPA and its federal, […]
Partner Webinar: Comparing Air Quality and Public Health Impacts from Prescribed Fire and Wildfire Smoke
Join us for a conversation about the recent release of the EPA Report on Comparing Air Quality and Public Health Impacts from Prescribed Fire and Wildfire Smoke. Jason Sacks, with the Center for Public Health and Environmental Assessment, Office of Research and Development at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will be joining us for an […]
Fueling Collaboration: Smoke is NOT Just Smoke
Smoke was already an important issue in wildland fire, but this summer is driving home the point even more across the eastern US. Whether it’s the western US and Canadian wildfire smoke or smoke from more local prescribed fires, what are the messages we should be communicating? What are the tools that can help us […]