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Journal Club: Contributions of Simulated Particulate and Gas Phases of Burn Pit Smoke Exposures to Impairment of Respiratory Function
Citation:
Gavett, S. Journal Club: Contributions of Simulated Particulate and Gas Phases of Burn Pit Smoke Exposures to Impairment of Respiratory Function. VA Airborne Hazards and Burn Pits Center of Excellence Journal Club, Durham (virtual meeting), NC, February 09, 2023.
Impact/Purpose:
The journal club seeks to disseminate the knowledge gained in recent EPA publications to a small but nationwide audience focused on burn pit health effects (66 invitees on the distribution list mostly from the VA and academia).
Description:
Michael J. Falvo, PhD is Co-Director of the VA Airborne Hazards and Burn Pits Center of Excellence (website: https://www.warrelatedillness.va.gov/warrelatedillness/ahbpce/index.asp) and Associate Professor at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. He organizes a national virtual bi-monthly journal club focused on military burn pit health effects. On 1/26/2023, Dr. Falvo invited Dr. Gavett to discuss at the virtual journal club meeting on 2/9/2023 the recent article from his laboratory "Contributions of Particulate and Gas Phases of Burn Pit Smoke Exposures to Impairment of Respiratory Function" published in Inhalation Toxicology on 1/24/2023 (ACE.404.3.1.3; STICS ORD-049961). Dr. Gavett accepted on 1/27/2023. The journal club slides and notes are attached. The EPA disclaimer is on slide 2. The journal club starts with some background on the health effects of wildfire smoke, briefly mentions burn pit smoke human health effects, then discusses details of a key background paper from our research group which examined the health effects of particulate matter isolated from simulated military burn pit smoke (YH Kim, Part Fibre Toxicol, Dec. 2022, subproduct AE.9.1.1.1), and then discusses the article by SA Vance et al. in Inhalation Toxicology focused on inhalation of burn pit smoke, with its experimental design, methods, results, limitations, and some discussion and conclusions. All research described in the journal club has been previously peer-reviewed and cleared.