Webinar: Air Quality Impacts and Wildfire Smoke
In this webinar, hosted by the California Healthy Housing Coalition (CHHC)—a coalition co-founded by PHI’s Regional Asthma Management and Prevention program—speakers provide an overview of the health impacts associated with exposure to wildfire smoke and strategies to minimize exposure during wildfire events.
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Capacity Building & Leadership, Environmental Health -
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Climate Change, Wildfires & Extreme Heat -
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Regional Asthma Management and Prevention Program
In this webinar, hosted by the California Healthy Housing Coalition (CHHC)—a coalition co-founded by PHI’s Regional Asthma Management and Prevention program—Irena Pavlović with the US Environmental Protection Agency provides an overview of the health impacts associated with exposure to wildfire smoke, tips on creating “clean rooms” and other strategies to minimize exposure during wildfire events.
Speakers discussed:
- Wildfires in California
- What’s in wildfire smoke?
- How to be smoke-ready
- Talking to your healthcare provider
- Tips to protect people with Asthma
- What masks to use during wildfires
- Creating a “clean room” during a wildfire
- What air cleaners to use
Watch the recording:
Taking the time and steps to create a clean air room in your home and knowing what to look for information can also help protect you and your family during a wildfire.Irena Pavlović
Environmental Protection Specialist, US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Wildfires can affect sensitive populations disproportionately. This includes children, people with preexisting respiratory conditions and cardiovascular diseases, older adults, people who are active outdoors, whether this be for work, athletics or commuting, and pregnant women.Irena Pavlović
Environmental Protection Specialist, US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
PHI’s Regional Asthma Management and Prevention program is among CHHC’s founding members, serving as the Chair of its Steering Committee and providing overall coordination to the network.
Originally published by California Healthy Housing Coalition
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