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…
My kids started school last week. Normally, this is the week we would see school buses filling our streets carrying children every morning and afternoon. These are not normal times…
AQI WA and OR September 2020 fires My patients frequently ask me whether they should purchase an air filter, and generally the answer is somewhat nuanced depending on who they…
Fire in Tualatin, OR- from Oregonian Wildfires are raging in the West, fueled by high temperatures and high winds. I am in my living room, an anxious mother hunkered down…
I have written earlier about how much longer the pollen season lasts now, to the sorrow of all of my patients with asthma and allergies. In researching that post, I…
Low end estimate of Return on Investment of Clean AIr Act Like many of you, I have found COVID19 to be a financial wake-up call. Who would have thought that…
How many click-bait headlines are out there for people to get ahead on their investments? People spend thousands of dollars on financial planners, access to exclusive investment deals, the latest…