The health impacts of Chicago’s air pollution
Chicago’s air quality has been really bad in recent months, and it wasn’t just because of the wildfires in Canada.
So far this year, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency has issued air pollution advisories 13 times – the most the state has had since 2012. So, what do we need to know when there’s an advisory?
Reset discusses how exposure to poor air quality can affect your physical health, and what you can do to protect yourself.
GUESTS: Zac Adelman, executive director of the Lake Michigan Air Directors Consortium
Anastasia Montgomery, researcher with Northwestern’s Climate Change Research Group; Ph.D. student in Northwesterns’ earth and planetary sciences department
Steve Mosakowski, director of respiratory care at Rush University Medical Center; assistant professor at Rush University
Gina Ramirez, Midwest outreach manager at Natural Resources Defense Council
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The health impacts of Chicago’s air pollution
Chicago’s air quality has been really bad in recent months, and it wasn’t just because of the wildfires in Canada.
So far this year, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency has issued air pollution advisories 13 times – the most the state has had since 2012. So, what do we need to know when there’s an advisory?
Reset discusses how exposure to poor air quality can affect your physical health, and what you can do to protect yourself.
GUESTS: Zac Adelman, executive director of the Lake Michigan Air Directors Consortium
Anastasia Montgomery, researcher with Northwestern’s Climate Change Research Group; Ph.D. student in Northwesterns’ earth and planetary sciences department
Steve Mosakowski, director of respiratory care at Rush University Medical Center; assistant professor at Rush University
Gina Ramirez, Midwest outreach manager at Natural Resources Defense Council