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Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) resulting from wildland fire is a significant public health risk in the United States (U.S.). The existing stationary monitoring network and the tools used to alert the public of smoke conditions, such as the Air Quality Index or NowCast, are not o...

During April 30–August 4, 2023, smoke originating from wildfires in Canada affected most of the contiguous United States. CDC used National Syndromic Surveillance Program data to assess numbers and percentages of asthma-associated emergency department (ED) visits on days wi...

Background: While benefits of greenness to health have been reported, findings specific to child respiratory health are inconsistent. Methods: We utilized a prospective birth cohort followed from birth to age 7 years (n = 617). Residential surrounding greenness was quan...

Estimating population exposure to particulate matter during wildfires can be difficult because of insufficient monitoring data to capture the spatiotemporal variability of smoke plumes. Chemical transport models (CTMs) and satellite retrievals provide spatiotemporal data that may...

Background: A fluorochemical facility near Fayetteville, North Carolina, emitted per- and polyfluoroalkyl ether acids (PFEAs), a subgroup of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), to air. Objective: Analyze PFAS in private wells near the facility and in blood from ...

Rapid decontamination following a biological terror incident is paramount for the return of a city’s operations and economy to normalcy. An outdoor urban biological agent incident may require remediation of thousands of vehicles. In this research, the utilization of widely availa...

Background Ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) contributes to global morbidity and mortality. One way to understand the health effects of PM2.5 is by examining its impact on performed hospital procedures, particularly among those with existing chronic disease. However, s...

There is growing interest in understanding how maternal diet might affect the sensitivity of offspring to environmental exposures. Previous studies demonstrated that adult rat offspring (approximately 6-months-old) from dams given a high-fat diet (HFD) prior to, during, and after...

Objectives: California plans to substantially increase the use of prescribed fire to reduce risk of catastrophic wildfires. Although for a beneficial purpose, prescribed fire smoke may still pose a health concern, especially among sensitive populations. We sought to understand co...

Differentiated primary human bronchial epithelial cell (dpHBEC) cultures grown under air-liquid interface (ALI) conditions exhibit key features of the human respiratory tract and are thus critical for respiratory research as well as efficacy and toxicity testing of...

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are used in various industrial products; however, they pose serious health risks. In this study, soil, soil gas, and groundwater samples were collected at a PFAS manufacturing facility in New Jersey, USA, to determine the presence and di...

Solutions-driven research is a transdisciplinary approach that incorporates diverse forms of expertise to identify solutions to stakeholder-identified environmental problems. This qualitative evaluation of early solutions-driven research projects provides transferable recommendat...

To combat the Wildfire Crisis in the U.S., prescribed fire is being instituted at an unprecedented scale. While there are documented examples of the ability of prescribed fire to reduce the size and intensity of individual fires, and subsequently smoke produced, prescribed fire a...

Background and Aim: Infant mortality is a widely reported indicator of population health and a leading public health concern. In this systematic review and meta-analysis, we review the available literature for epidemiologic evidence of the association between short-term criteria ...

Approximately nine million adults in the United States are living with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder (COPD), and associations between short-term air pollution exposure and increased risk of COPD hospitalizations in older adults are consistently reported. We examined the ...

A manuscript describing epidemiologic analysis examining interactions between pre-pregnancy BMI and prenatal air pollution exposure on birth outcomes.

Understanding how heat waves affect morbidity and mortality, as well as the associated economic costs, is essential for characterizing the human health impacts of extreme heat under a changing climate. Only a handful of studies have examined healthcare costs associated with expos...

Air pollution remains an important contributor to adverse health outcomes in the U.S. Currently, 121 million people, or one third of the U.S. population, live where National Ambient Air Quality Standards are violated.<span style='mso-element:field-begin'> ADDIN EN.CITE <...

Computational fluid dynamics simulations are used to model the velocity field and the transport of a passive scalar within a micro-scale chamber used to measure diffusional transport through various building materials.  Comparisons of solutions obtained using a steady, lamin...

Finished water storage facilities are tanks or reservoirs used to store water that will undergo no further treatment to reduce microbial pathogens. Storage tanks are vulnerable to contamination and excess water retention time may cause depletion of disinfectant residual which cre...

The COVID-19 pandemic has raised interest in using chemical air treatments as part of a strategy to reduce the risk of disease transmission, but more information is needed to characterize their efficacy at scales translatable to applied settings and to develop methods for evaluat...

Abstract: Individuals with psychosocial stress often experience an exaggerated response to air pollutants. Ozone (O3 ) exposure has been associated with the activation of the neuroendocrine stress-response system. We hypothesized that preexistent mild chronic stress plus social i...

Introduction: As a lifestyle factor, poor sleep status is associated with increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality and may be influenced by environmental stressors, including air pollution. Methods: To determine whether exposure to air pollution modified cardio...

During the immediate, emergency phase of a response to a radiological dispersal device (RDD), an improvised nuclear device (IND), or accidental radiological release, emergency responders may be exposed to radioactivity due to inhalation and direct contact. It is important to mini...

Climate change poses a serious threat to human health worldwide, while aging populations increase. However, no study has ever investigated the effects of air temperature on epigenetic age acceleration. This study involved 1,725 and 1,877 participants from the population-based KOR...