Seattle-King County Public Health - Airport related pollutants and community health June 23 2021

Kris Johnson with Public Health Seattle and King County And Elena Austin, Jianbang Xiang, Timothy Gould, Sukyong Yun, Jeff Shirai, David Hardie, Michael Yost, Timothy V. Larson, Edmund Seto with University of Washington, Seattle June 23, 2021 Understanding the community health effects of pollution related to Seattle- Tacoma International Airport (SeaTac) operations a) Airport community health profiles b) Strength of evidence to date c) UW School of Public Health Study on UFP d) Recommendations to address health issues Presenter Presentation Notes This study and work is state funded. Thank you, Senator Keiser and Representative Orwall for requesting and sponsoring the work. The Public Health study was a proviso in Washington state’s House Bill 1109 which requests that Public Health – Seattle & King County produce Airport community health profiles for a one-mile, a five-mile, and a 10-mile radius of the airport Comprehensive literature review assessing the strength-of-evidence for health effects of airport operations Summary of findings of the University of Washington School of Public Health study on ultrafine particulate matter Recommendations to address health issues related to the impact of the airport on the community The results we share with you are descriptive only – it is not possible to causally link the adverse health conditions we’ll discuss to airport-related pollutants. The radii of one mile outside of airport, 1-5 miles and 5-10 miles are based on methods from prior studies of airport pollutants. For example, see: Hudda N, Gould T, Hartin K, Larson TV, Fruin SA. Emissions from an…

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