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There's still time: Tell California climate policymakers to protect our health and our climate!

Climate Change affects our health, when rising temperatures increase the frequency and intensity of poor air quality days due to ozone, which can trigger asthma and respiratory illness.

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When Los Angeles hosted the Olympic games in 1984, dedicated efforts to reduce air pollution had a visible impact. Residents look back fondly on expanded mountain - to - ocean views, light traffic, and a respite from smog.

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A new study conducted by a UCLA-USC collaboration has made it clear that it's not just being on the road that exposes us to air pollution. Simply being in our carsdriving in traffic on Los Angeles' congested freeways exposes us to dangerous air pollution levels.

The study looks at levels of exposure to cancer-causing ultrafine particulate (UFP) pollution on specific freeways.Southern California Environmental Health Center UCLA members Bill Hinds and Nola Kennedy co-authored the study, featuring a van that drove Los Angeles streets and freeways specially outfitted as a mobile laboratory, with state of the art monitoring instruments inside.

“If you have otherwise healthy habits and don’t smoke, driving to work is probably the most unhealthy part of your day,” said Scott Fruin, assistant professor of environmental health at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. “Urban dwellers with long commutes are probably getting most of their UFP exposure while driving.”

BREATHE LA announces BREATHE LA Pollution & Solutions Salon Series,
a new and engaging discussion of clean air, the environment and healthy living. Six salons will be held in total, with each one exploring a different issue or aspect of the environment and how it affects residents, consumers, businesses and other stakeholders. A diversity of opinion, leadership, work experience and background is welcomed and all are invited to the salons-as panelists, moderators, responders and/or audience members.

Free and open to the public. This month's salon topic.

A Harvard School of Public Health Study determined that exposure to particulate matter in air pollution may increase risk of dangerous blood clots in the legs.

Dr. Andrea Baccarelli, who led the study said, "Several studies in animal models and in humans have shown that particulate matter, inhaled into the lungs, causes inflammation in the lungs."

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