31. Insights on Environmental Justice and PM 2.5

Anne is an Environmental Justice Research Assistant intern with us at BREDL and a grad student at Duke University. She is working to help community members learn how to use Zoom and organize digitally and investigate COVID incidence across EJ communities in NC.

Nanda Gupal is a Research Assistant intern with us at BREDL and a graduate student getting his Master of Engineering Management at Duke University and he is studying the health impacts of PM2.5 from the various non-mobile sources in the states of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee and Alabama. The study includes trend analysis on the various aspects of PM2.5 effects in these states.

Contact and connect with Anne and Nanda: [email protected] and [email protected]

PM 2.5: https://www.health.ny.gov/environmental/indoors/air/pmq_a.htm

https://www.epa.gov/pm-pollution/particulate-matter-pm-basics

How to find your levels: https://www.epa.gov/air-trends/particulate-matter-pm25-trends

Environmental Justice Communities during COVID: https://www.greenamerica.org/blog/how-environmental-justice-connects-covid-19

Background Music Credits:

https://www.youtube.com/c/mbbmusic

https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial

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