1. Air Quality & Your Health
Session I
June 21, 2013
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2. David R. Celebrezze
Dir. of Air & Water Special Projects
Ohio Environmental Council
Erica Fetty
Environmental Specialist
Ohio EPA
Sarah VanderWielen
Meteorologist
Ohio EPA
Air Quality & Your Health
Session I
June 21, 2013
David Stukus, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Section of Allergy and Immunology
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Evelyn Ebert
Air Quality Program Coordinator
MORPC

3. Agenda-Session I
 10:30-10:40 Welcome/intro (OEC)
 10:40-10:45 What is ozone and PM2.5 pollution? (David R.
Celebrezze, OEC)
 10:45-11:15 Where does it come from and how is it tracked?
(Sarah VanderWielen, Erica Fetty, Ohio EPA)
 11:15-11:45 What are the health implications? (Dr. David
Stukus, MD)
 11:45-12:15 What are air quality alerts, what do they mean,
and how are they determined? (Evelyn Ebert, MORPC)
 12:15-12:30 questions and answers

4. Agenda-Session II (June 28, 2013)
 10:30-10:40 Welcome/intro (OEC)
 10:40-11:00 Air Quality impact on the environment (OEC)
 11:00-11:45 Air Quality and the federal government
(American Lung Association of the Midland States)
 11:45-12:15 What you can do to reduce pollution
 12:15-12:30 Questions and answers

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6. What is ozone pollution?
Nitrogen oxides (NOx) + Volatile
Organic Compounds (VOCs) + hot,
long summer sun= ozone pollution.

7. What is PM 2.5 pollution?
"Particulate matter," also known as
particle pollution or PM, is a complex
mixture of extremely small particles
and liquid droplets.
Particle pollution is made up of a
number of components, including
acids (such as nitrates and sulfates),
organic chemicals, metals, and soil or
dust particles. US EPA

8. What is PM 2.5 pollution?
Can occur year-round
Can be blown for dozens or
hundreds of miles.
Ex. puff of exhaust from a diesel truck in
LA can end up over the Grand Canyon.
Smog, including PM 2.5
obscures the Smoky
Mountains

9. What is PM 2.5 pollution?
Particulate matter 2.5 micrometers in
diameter.

10. Where does it come from and how is it tracked?
Erica Fetty
Environmental Specialist
Ohio EPA
Sarah VanderWielen
Meteorologist
Ohio EPA

11. What are the health implications?
Dr. David Stukus, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Section of Allergy and Immunology
Nationwide Children's Hospital

12. What are the air quality alerts, what do they mean
and how are they determined?
Evelyn Ebert
Air Quality Program Coordinator
Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission

13. Questions and Answers!

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