News — A new report from the American Lung Association shows nearly half of Americans live in an area with unhealthy air pollution levels.
The which used air quality data from 2021 to 2023 found that 156 million people living in the U.S. are breathing unhealthy levels of air pollution. That’s an increase of 25 million from last year’s report.
The George Washington University has experts available to discuss this new report and the state of air pollution in our country. If you would like to schedule an interview, please contact Katelyn Deckelbaum, [email protected].
, director of the , and associate professor of environmental and occupational health. Anenberg’s research focuses on the health implications of air pollution and climate change. Recently her team published two studies finding links between
, is a senior research scientist and professorial lecturer in the department of environmental and occupational health at the GW Milken Institute School of Public Health. He researches ambient air pollution. Projects he’s led include topics ranging from understanding the emission sources of pollution to assessing the health impacts experienced by the populations pollution impacts, with a special emphasis on understanding associated ethnoracial and socioeconomic disparities. He recently authored a looking into the growing burden of air pollution among communities of color.
, an assistant research professor at the GW Milken Institute School of Public Health is an expert on climate change, environmental occupational health and global environmental health.
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