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Jun 08, 2020 | Anu Varma
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) partnered with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to develop a new...
Nov 22, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
October is Healthy Lung Month and a good time to think about ways NACCHO members and their partners can protect the health of the...
Oct 22, 2019 | Guest Author
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released two new fact sheets about protecting animals from the health impacts of wildland...
Aug 01, 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 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Indoor Environments Division is pleased to announce the availability of two new webpages...
Jun 04, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The EPA has developed a two-sided infographic card with information on how to reduce exposure to wildfire smoke, how to select the...
Apr 15, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
A lab director with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Dr. Wayne Cascio, was in California during the Paradise wildfire,...
Dec 17, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
By Ana Rappold, Mary Clare Hano, Steven Prince and Ann Brown, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Hospitals, clinics, and...
Oct 30, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
This webinar will highlight mutually beneficial projects stemming from EPA’s partnership with state environmental and public health agencies.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) partnered with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to develop a new online course, Wildfire Smoke and Your Patients’ Heath, with continuing education credit provided by the CDC. The free course includes sections on: Health effects Lifestages and populations at greater risk of experiencing health effects Air […]
October is Healthy Lung Month and a good time to think about ways NACCHO members and their partners can protect the health of the public from the impacts of wildfire smoke.
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. […]
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 […]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Indoor Environments Division is pleased to announce the availability of two new webpages with information to help you protect your family from wildfire smoke indoors: Wildfires and Indoor Air Quality Create a Clean Room to Protect Indoor Air Quality During a Wildfire If you live in an area where the […]
The EPA has developed a two-sided infographic card with information on how to reduce exposure to wildfire smoke, how to select the correct respirator mask and how to properly wear the mask to protect your health. You can order free print copies of the infographic by clicking here. There is no limit to the number of cards you can order. […]
A lab director with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Dr. Wayne Cascio, was in California during the Paradise wildfire, and he wrote a blog post about how he and others used EPA’s Smoke Sense app during the fire. When Dr. Cascio was in Sacramento and San Francisco, he writes, Smoke Sense provided useful information […]
By Ana Rappold, Mary Clare Hano, Steven Prince and Ann Brown, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Hospitals, clinics, and public health organizations in wildfire-prone areas of the West and Southwest are seeing firsthand the impacts of wildfire season on public health. As these fires become larger, more frequent, and more intense—leaving smoke-filled skies for days, […]
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