The Fires: Air Quality, Public Health & What to Do Next

The Coalition for Clean Air hosted a webinar that provided information and answered questions about air quality, public health, and the response to the fires in and around Los Angeles. This is a 2.5 hour webinar that featured several air quality and public health experts to talk and answer questions about the Los Angeles fires.

Speakers include:

-Dr. John Balmes, Professor of Medicine, University of California at San Francisco, member of the California Air Resources Board, author of more than 200 papers or chapters on occupational and environmental respiratory disease-related topics

-Ed Avol, Professor Emeritus, USC School of Medicine, co-author of the USC Children's Health Study, author or co-author of more than 150 articles on air pollution chemistry and health effects

-Prof. Gina Solomon, Chief, Division of Occupational, Environmental & Climate Medicine, University of California at San Francisco, former Deputy Secretary for Health and Science, California Environmental Protection Agency

-Dr. Rania Sabty, Independent Contractor, Kleinerman and Associates, occupational health and safety expert

-Tim Dye and Story Schwantes, TD Environmental Services, air quality monitoring experts -Jane Williams, Executive Director, California Communities Against Toxics, award-winning environmental health and justice expert

-Dr. Joseph Lyou, President & CEO, Coalition for Clean Air, 12-year member of the South Coast AQMD Governing Board