As Colorado’s High Ozone and Air Pollution Days Climb, So Do Health Dangers

On this episode, Fernando Holguin, MD, professor of medicine and 
pediatrics in the Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine 
at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, shares insights into the 
health risks posed by increasing levels of air pollution. Dr. Holguin talks 
about what happens when people are exposed to fine particulate matter, 
how socioeconomic disparities contribute to greater exposure to air 
pollution, coexisting conditions that put people at higher risk of being 
affected by air pollution, the relationship between the gut microbiome and 
lung health, and the ways climate change impacts cardiovascular and 
respiratory diseases.