I cannot stress enough how important it is for people who care about clean air to speak up at their local and state level. So many important decisions get made…
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…
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…
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…
Many of us are unaware of a silent killer entering our home from below- a silent killer that is responsible for over 20,000 lung cancer deaths per year in the…
Purchase here- OJRC FundraiserI have written blog posts (here and here) previously about my concerns regarding the health effects of teargas. I have now also had physician mother friends who…
Today on the podcast, I am joined by Dr. Linda George, PhD of Portland State University. She co-led the study that led to the elaborate air filtration system I can…
You know how we frequently leave the most important things for last? I think when I initially ask patients to keep a cough or symptom diary or a “trigger diary,”…