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2024 State of the Air: Record Highs in US Particle Pollution, with Dr. John Balmes
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Length:
27 minutes
Released:
Apr 24, 2024
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Podcast episode
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Episode Highlights
0:16 Intro
2:17 What caused the particle pollution spike?
6:28 The health effects of fine particle pollution exposure
10:23 The new EPA particle pollution standard
14:27 Improvements to ozone pollution and the Clean Air Act
18:46 How to advocate for improvement
20:23 Air quality inequity
24:03 Reflecting on 25 years, and looking ahead
25:52 Outro
Dr. John Balmes, a renowned environmental health sciences expert from the University of California, San Francisco, join Lungcast for a deep dive into the American Lung Association’s newly released 2024 “State of the Air” report. Balmes specifically provides context behind several concerning trends, notably a spike in deadly particle pollution—the highest levels in the past 25 years largely due to wildfires.
The eye-opening conversation also impresses upon the importance of clean transportation and power generation to help mitigate population-wide risk.
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Released:
Apr 24, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
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