• 2021-12-15 18:22

    Healthy Air Healthy Schools Phase 1 Report to State Legislature

    The authors would like to acknowledge the contributions of the following partners to this study: The City of SeaTac The City of Burien The City of Federal Way The City of Normandy Park The City of Des Moines Federal Way Public Schools Highline Public Schools Authors: Elena Austina, Nancy Carmonaa, Timothy Gouldb, Jeffry H. Shiraia, B.J. Cummingsa, Lisa Haywarda, Timothy Larsona,b, Edmund Setoa a Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA b Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA © 2021 University of Washington Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences.
  • 2021-09-19 00:00

    Characterization of annual average traffic-related air pollution levels (particle number,1 black carbon, nitrogen dioxide, PM2.5 , carbon dioxide) in the greater Seattle area from a2 year-long mobile monitoring campaign 2021.09.18.2 (pre-print)

    Characterization of annual average traffic-related air pollution levels (particle number, 1 black carbon, nitrogen dioxide, PM2.5, carbon dioxide) in the greater Seattle area from a 2 year-long mobile monitoring campaign 3 Magali N. Blanco,a Amanda Gassett,a Timothy Gould,b Annie Doubleday,a David L. Slager,a 5 Elena Austin,a Edmund Seto,a Timothy Larson,a,b Julian Marshall,b Lianne Shepparda,c 6 aDepartment of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, School of Public Health, 9 University of Washington, Hans Rosling Center for Population Health, 3980 15th Ave NE, 10 Seattle, WA 98195 11 bDepartment of Civil & Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, University of 13 Washington, 201 More Hall, Box 352700, Seattle, WA 98195 14 cDepartment of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Washington, Hans Rosling 16 Center for Population Health, 3980 15th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98195 17 . CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licenseIt is made available under a is the author/funder, who has granted medRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity. (which was not certified by peer review) The copyright holder for this preprint this version posted February 14, 2022. ; https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.09.18.21263522doi: medRxiv preprint NOTE: This preprint reports new research that has not been certified by peer review and should not be used to guide clinical practice. https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.09.18.21263522 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Abstract 19 Growing evidence links traffic-related air pollution (TRAP) to adverse health effects. We 21 designed an innovative and extensive mobile monitoring campaign to characterize TRAP 22 exposure levels for the Adult Changes in Thought (ACT) study, a Seattle-based cohort. The 23 campaign measured particle…
  • 2021-05-01 00:00

    Healthy Schools: A School Based Air Quality Intervention

    Important Notes: This is not a formal grant program. This form provides information for House and Senate members to request a separate appropriation in the capital budget for this project. Funding any project is at the discretion of the Legislature. This document may be subject to disclosure under the Public Records Act (Chapter 42.56 RCW). Funds are available on a reimbursement basis only and cannot be advanced. All capital construction projects and land acquisition projects require Governors Executive Order 05- review. Projects may be subject to state prevailing wage law (Chapter 39.12 RCW). Requesting organization are encouraged to consult the Industrial Statistician (Jim Christensen: 360-902-5330 or Jim.Christensen@LrIi.wa.gov) at the Washington State Department of Labor Industries to determine whether prevailing wages must be paid. High-performance building requirements (Chapter 39.35D RCW) and Executive Order 13-03 regarding life cycle and operating costs in public works projects may also apply. Healthy Schools; A School Based Air Quality Intervention $912.810 Sponsor(s): Orwall, Rep. Tina, Johnson, Rep. Jesse Where is the project physically located? Address: , SeaTac, Des Moines, Federal Way, Norrnandy Park and Burien King District(s): 33 30, 37 Coordinates: , Project Contact Contact: Elena Austin , Assistant Professor Organization: Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington Website: https://deohs.washington.edu/ Phone: 206-221 -6301 E-mail: elaustin@ uw.edu Hans Rosling Center for Population Health, Box 351618 3980 15th Avenue NE, Seattle, WA i:TIM=:::,„„_ I„. w„_.[„„„„j„„_. I„„ I Address:
  • 2016-12-27 02:01

    Orwall Proposes Air Quality Study

    Examining the impact of ultra-fine particles in airport communities 12/27/2016 by Clara McMichael Citing a need for a study regarding air quality and related health concerns in the communities surrounding the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SeaTac), Rep. Tina Orwall called a meeting that brought together representatives from federal, state, and local government as well as the Port