APHA Environment Section

Get ready for the summer #heat with #APHA! For children’s day-to-day activities, consult the Heat Index – a measure of how hot it really feels when relative humidity is factored in with the actual air temperature. weather.gov/safety/heat-in… #ChildrensHealth

Join @APHAEnvironment, @weact4ej and RMI for a webinar on the health benefits of switching from gas to electric stoves. Set for reminders for May 26, 1pm ET and join using this link: apha.zoom.us/j/83813601898 #EnvironmentalJustice

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Today - after months of delay - @EPA released new #soot pollution standards for the 1st time in 10 YEARS. But the new soot pollution levels they are proposing still fails to mitigate the deadly impacts of soot pollution: epa.gov/pm-pollution/p…

🔊 The American @PublicHealth Association is a champion for human health & the environment. We thank them for declaring gas stoves a public health concern and supporting the movement to #ProtectOurAir. Full & final statement available Jan ‘23. #GasStove #APHA2022

APHA 2022 Interview with Natasha DeJarnett youtu.be/U-kCHOdW-do via @YouTube

More work to do but this is historic!

Check out these great webinars from @OCS_ACFgov for #WorldWaterWeek!

You won't want to miss the upcoming Sierra Club Forum this Wednesday. The Michigan Chapter's own Christy McGillivray will be speaking about updates on #Line5 and you can also hear from leadership at @TexasSierraClub and @MassSierraClub. RSVP today! ow.ly/MblV50KuRJm

Also, #schools need working heating, ventilation, and #AirConditioning systems for healthy indoor air quality, heating/cooling. Heat pumps, energy-recovery ventilation systems & onsite renewable energy generation would also help reduce GHG emissions wapo.st/3PFPPOx (2/2)

#ClimateChange increases the number of #ExtremeHeat days across the US, which impairs children’s academic performance. Many #schools without AC are closing on these days, resulting in less instruction time. We must #ActOnClimate bit.ly/3PwRbLj 🧵 (1/2)

How Extreme Heat Kills, Sickens, Strains and Ages Us nytimes.com/2022/06/13/cli… #PublicHealthHaiku Unrelenting heat Takes toll on all life and health Time to act is now. @APHAEnvironment @MeganLatshaw @APHA_OneHealth @busphEH @zhonggg

1/4 A very important🌎 Earth Day 🌏 thread 🧵 highlighting the @LungAssociation’s #StateOfTheAir report

Our #StateOfTheAir report found an increase of ~2 million more people living in areas with failing grades for unhealthy levels of pollution compared to last year’s report. Most of the increase is due to wildfire activity in the West. Lung.org/SOTA