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

Communities located in near-road environments experience elevated levels of traffic-related air pollution. Near-road air pollution is a major public health concern, and an environmental justice issue. Roadside green infrastructure such as trees, hedges, and bushes may help reduce...

The rapid proliferation of solar energy adoption presents a substantial environmental challenge concerning end-of-life solar panels. A primary issue involves the presence of hazardous materials like cadmium and lead in these panels [2]. Proper handling and disposal of these toxic...

Freshwater ecosystems, including lakes, streams, and wetlands, are responsive to climate change and other natural and anthropogenic stresses. These ecosystems are generally hydrologically connected with one another and with the landscapes around them, integrating changes that occ...

Background Ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) contributes to global morbidity and mortality. One way to understand the health effects of PM2.5&nbsp;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&nbsp;under air-liquid interface (ALI) conditions exhibit key features of the human&nbsp;respiratory tract and are thus critical for respiratory research as well as efficacy&nbsp;and toxicity testing of...

Ecosystem services (ES) are defined as the outputs of ecological processes that contribute to human welfare or have the potential to do so in the future, and include the production of food and drinking water, purification of air and water, pollination, and nutrient cycling. The n...

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...

Aqueous film-forming foams (AFFFs) are used in firefighting applications, and often contain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), which can detrimentally impact environmental and biological health. Incineration is a potential disposal method for AFFFs, which may produce sec...

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...

A manuscript describing an analysis to produce an updated value for the ozone-related health impacts of methane emissions, relevant to social cost of carbon calculations.

Because of natural environmental and faunal differences and scientific perspectives, numerous indices of biological integrity (IBIs) have been developed at local state, and regional scales in the USA. These multiple IBIs, plus different criteria for judging impairment, hinder ri...

This study utilizes the reduced-complexity model, Framework for Evaluating Damages and Impacts (FrEDI), to rapidly assess economic and physical impacts of climate change in the contiguous United States (U.S.).

Air quality regulations decreased nitrogen (N) and sulfur deposition across the conterminous United States (CONUS) during the last several decades. But it is unclear if declining deposition has also altered stream N at large scales. We compared watershed N inputs with N chemistry...

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 ...

Communities across the United States are enduring, often unexpectedly, the effects of extreme events, such as excessive heat, prolonged droughts, extreme floods, and wildfires. In places where contaminated sites and waste management facilities are also present, communities must c...

As a Nature-Based Solution, roadside green infrastructure (also known as roadside barriers) can potentially mitigate traffic-related air pollution by increasing dispersion and promoting pollutant deposition. For new and existing barriers, the vegetation&rsquo;s physical and ecolo...

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...