I had never heard of burn pits until I was in my pulmonary fellowship at the Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, but I first learned about them from my patients.…
Photo Courtesy of California Department of Public Health Happy World No Tobacco Day! I’m breaking the tradition of releasing on the first Monday of the month because World No Tobacco…
Since becoming a lung doctor and raising three young children, I find myself thinking constantly about what is in the air we breathe. We spend so much time in our…
I’m working on this post in the depth of a winter snow storm in which we lost power, and I had to spend the night at the hospital because the…
Last month I reviewed the importance of all of us engaging in scientifically rigorous advocacy at the local level. But how do we do that? Every county and town in…
Last month, I had the opportunity to speak at the American College of Chest Physicians conference in Hawaii. My sister (pictured above) has become the de facto Air Health Our…
How do you balance exercise benefit w/ pollution exposure? Image from Dr. Lowinsky-Desir Welcome back to Season Four of the Air Health Our Health podcast! It’s hard to believe we…
Clear sky photo I took in my neighborhood on good AQI day- original website background Spring time is always a time to hope for better days ahead. Most importantly for…
Ozone origins - from the EPA There are many elements of air pollution that can affect our health. I have often covered the health impacts of PM2.5, which makes up…
The ALA has released a report on the health impacts of prescribed burns. Here in Oregon, as in much of the West, wildfire and resulting bad air quality are increasingly…