January is National Radon Action Month. On a previous post and podcast, we talked to Dr. Bill Field, a public health professor and researcher who is an expert in the…
The COVID19 pandemic has shown how little trust in science there is in some segments of our society. I am someone who has great respect for the scientific process, has…
Today I wanted to pause while COVID-19 is surging in the world and find joy this year. I know that's hard given the horrific losses of life and stability this…
I am a lung doctor who cares for patients in the clinic and ICU when they are sickened from diseases caused or worsened by air pollution. Air pollution causes diseases…
What happens when whole communities are affected by days of smoke from wildfires? This is happening with increasing frequency in the West. I recall asking myself these questions frequently while…
I recall being pregnant and thinking in a completely hyper-focused way about every single thing that entered my body and what effect it might have on my growing child. I…
We have study after study showing the harms of traffic related air pollution and its health and economic toll. We also have studies showing hope with sensible public policy and…
Rapidly progressive ARDS from COVID19 Particulate matter has no politics, as I frequently tell my patients. Recently in Oregon, we were all very concerned about the hazardous PM2.5 levels permeating…
Steelhead Enterprises Firefighters Like many in the West and other parts of the world increasingly affected by fire, I think often of the hard work and heroism of our wildland…
This podcast is airing while catastrophic wildfires are raging over the entire West Coast, and many of us have been living in air quality that is beyond the air toxics…