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Winter 2007 issue of Environmental Health News from the University of Washington Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences (UWDEOHS), School of Public Health and Community Medicine. Covers the department’s history studying air quality in Seattle since 1951, including the Northwest Center for Particulate Air Pollution and Health (PM Center, 1999–2006) funded by the EPA. Features the booklet ‘The Clearest Skies: A history of Seattle’s air pollution control efforts,’ edited by Collen Marquist. Discusses particulate matter (PM2.5) from wood smoke, vehicle exhaust, and burning vegetation in the Pacific Northwest versus coal-fired sulfuric acid particulates in the eastern US. Names researchers Peter Breysse, Jane Koenig, Joel Kaufman, Sally Liu, David Kalman, Sverre Vedal, Dennis Shusterman, Christopher Simpson, Russell Dills, and Dan Luchtel. Documents collaborations with Atmospheric Sciences, Biostatistics, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Epidemiology (UW), Washington State University, and the Institute for Circumpolar Health Studies. Includes timeline of department air quality milestones from 1951 to 2007 and a graph of two decades of PM2.5 reduction in Seattle.