• 2024 State of the Air: Record Highs in US Particle Pollution, with Dr. John Balmes

  • Apr 24 2024
  • Duración: 27 m
  • Podcast
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2024 State of the Air: Record Highs in US Particle Pollution, with Dr. John Balmes

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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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