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Podcast from Washington: October 13, 2017

In this week’s Podcast from Washington update, NACCHO government affairs team members Ian Goldstein and Eli Briggs discuss...

Oct 16, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

  • EPA Seeks Test Users for New Smoke Sense App

    The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Research and Development is seeking individuals to test their new mobile...

    Aug 09, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman

    • Air Quality, Extreme Weather

    New EPA Webpages to Help You Protect Your Family from Wildfire Smoke Indoors

    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 […]

    Jun 04, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

    Air Quality

    Order the EPA’s Infographic on Reducing Health Risks of Wildfire Smoke

    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. […]

    Apr 15, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

    Air Quality

    Using the Smoke Sense App During the Camp Fire in California

    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 […]

    Dec 17, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

    Air Quality

    Smoke Sense App Alerts Public about Wildland Fire Smoke Risks

    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, […]

    Oct 30, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

    Tools & Resources, Air Quality

    EPA’s New Online Smoke Ready Toolbox for Wildland Fires

    Smoke from wildfires in the southern plains spread this weekend through areas in Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas and Missouri. Wildfires produce air pollution that can impact people’s health and other aspects of daily life. The increased frequency and intensity of wildfires in the United States are adversely affecting air quality and putting more people at […]

    Apr 16, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

    Podcast from Washington: October 13, 2017

    In this week’s Podcast from Washington update, NACCHO government affairs team members Ian Goldstein and Eli Briggs discuss changes made by Executive Order to the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Also, NACCHO Senior Advisor for Public Health Programs Dr. Oscar Alleyne is on the program to give an update on hurricane and wildfire relief efforts by local […]

    Oct 16, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

    EPA Seeks Test Users for New Smoke Sense App

    The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Research and Development is seeking individuals to test their new mobile application called Smoke Sense as a part of an ongoing citizen science study. The study is first of its kind and aims to determine the level of impact resulting from wildland fire smoke exposure on health and productivity. […]

    Aug 09, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman

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