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Resources to help communities monitor and mitigate impacts of wildfire smoke.
Jun 08, 2023 | Chelsea Gridley-Smith
The Fall 2022 issue of NACCHO Exchange (volume 21, issue 4) highlights some award-winning practices from NACCHO’s Model Practices...
Jan 12, 2023 | NacchoVoice
These resources can help LHD staff understand where to begin when it comes to supporting schools in their efforts to improve indoor...
Jul 29, 2022 | Angana Roy
The Community Clean Air Ambassadors Program (CCAAP) is a capacity building program, co-developed by Public Health – Seattle & King...
Jul 28, 2022 | Khanh Ho
The 2019 update to Wildfire Smoke: A Guide for Public Health Officials (Wildfire Smoke Guide) is now available. The 2019 Wildfire...
Aug 27, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released two new fact sheets about protecting animals from the health impacts of wildland...
Aug 01, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
Researchers from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Syracuse University, Boston University School of Public Health, and...
Jul 22, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its annual report on air quality, tracking our nation’s progress in improving...
Jul 18, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that the Smoke Sense mobile application is now available in Spanish on...
Jul 01, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The Fall 2022 issue of NACCHO Exchange (volume 21, issue 4) highlights some award-winning practices from NACCHO’s Model Practices Program.
These resources can help LHD staff understand where to begin when it comes to supporting schools in their efforts to improve indoor air quality.
The Community Clean Air Ambassadors Program (CCAAP) is a capacity building program, co-developed by Public Health – Seattle & King County (PHSKC) to train community leaders and outreach workers to raise awareness on indoor air quality and equip them with tools, resources, and information to disseminate to their networks to improve their indoor air quality.
The 2019 update to Wildfire Smoke: A Guide for Public Health Officials (Wildfire Smoke Guide) is now available. The 2019 Wildfire Smoke Guide provides public health officials with the information they need to prepare for smoke events and, when wildfire smoke is present, to communicate health risks and take measures to protect public health. It has been updated […]
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released two new fact sheets about protecting animals from the health impacts of wildland fire smoke: Protect Your Pets from Wildfire Smoke Protect Your Large Animals and Livestock from Wildfire Smoke The fact sheets include tips for preparing before a wildfire and taking action to protect animals during smoke episodes. […]
Researchers from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Syracuse University, Boston University School of Public Health, and Resources for the Future evaluated the cost-benefit analysis for the U.S EPA’s Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule, known as a Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA), to determine whether it incorporates the best available information and the conclusions […]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its annual report on air quality, tracking our nation’s progress in improving air quality since the passage of the Clean Air Act. “Our Nation’s Air: Status and Trends Through 2018” documents the considerable improvements in air quality across America since 1970. The report released today shows that between […]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that the Smoke Sense mobile application is now available in Spanish on Android and iOS devices. Users’ native (default) device settings will determine the language displayed in the Smoke Sense app. EPA researchers developed the citizen science mobile app called Smoke Sense as part of a public health […]
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