The Air Quality Podcasts educate residents about the effects of air pollution and encourage every day actions to improve air quality in the Bay Area. Brought to you by www.sparetheair.org
Today we hear from Dr. Eric Zee who specializes in pulmonary medicine at Stanford Children’s Health, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital. He will share how wood burning affects children in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Escuche a Juan Ortellando y Luz Gómez hablar sobre cómo el Programa deBeneficios para Viajes Cotidianos al Trabajo del Área de la Bahía ayudará aempleadores y empleados a mejorar la calidad del aire y reducir la congestióndel tráfico mediante el uso de modos alternativos de viaje como utilizar eltransporte público, compartir viajes, movilizarse en bicicleta y caminar. Laconversación será difundida en español.
請聽蔡旭娜和宋樹才討論灣區通勤者福利計劃如何利用公交系統、共乘、自行車或步行等通勤替代方式，協助僱主和員工改善空氣品質並減少交通阻塞。討論內容將以中文廣播。
In this video podcast, Catherine Heywood, Director ofOperations for Visit Napa Valley, speaks with us about carpooling, car-freetourism, and using transportation alternatives such as the train, ferry, public transportation, bicycles or walking to get to and around the Napa Valley.
In this podcast, Dr. Michaela Straznicka, Private Practitioner with Bay Area Surgical with privileges at John Muir and Sutter Health in Walnut Creek, California, shares the similarities between woodsmoke and secondhand tobacco smoke. Dr. Straznicka also discusses how the health impacts of wood burning have changed since the Air District passed the wood burning rule.
Dr. Mason Turner, Chief of the Department of Psychiatry at Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center, and the Assistant Director for Regional Mental Health Services for Kaiser Permanente Northern California, talks about the stress and other negative health effects of driving alone to work.
In this podcast, Dr. Turner shares why the stress of sitting in traffic, weight gain and lost time associated with driving alone, versus carpooling, biking, walking or taking public transit to work has many negative health effects on Bay Area residents.
Idling is when a driver leaves the engine running and the vehicle parked. Every day in the San Francisco Bay Area, cars and trucks idle needlessly, often around schools and shopping areas where people congregate, causing air pollution and health impacts.
In this podcast, Lisa P. Adamos, Representative, Idle Free Tri-Valley, shares why idling can negatively affect public health and how residents can go idle free.
With developing lungs and immune systems, children are highly susceptible to harm from the effects of wood smoke.
In this podcast, Dr. Kari Nadeau, Division of Pediatrics Immunology, Allergy, and Rheumatology and Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, shares how wood smoke can affect a child's life, impair their abilities to participate in activities and lead to lung disease.
The hazards of second-hand cigarette smoke are well-known, but many fail to realize that wood smoke contains a similar group of unhealthy compounds. The 1.4 million fireplaces and woodstoves across our nine-county region are the largest single source of wintertime soot – the tiny particles that contribute to an alarming array of health concerns, from asthma to heart attacks, and in severe cases death.
In this podcast, Jane Warner, President and CEO of the American Lung Association in California, talks about the health impacts from wood smoke and ways for Bay Area residents to reduce their exposure to wood smoke.
In this podcast we speak with Kristine Roselius, Supervising Public Information Officer at the Bay Area Air Quality Management District. As the winter months approach, we want to examine the current regulations in respect woodburning. Woodburning is something many of us do on a cold winter day, however many are unaware of the health and environmental toll that particulate matter from wood can cause. Kristine clarifies information regarding "Spare the Air" days, enforcement of current regulations and the detrimental health impact that woodsmoke can cause for bay area residents.
