HEI President Dan Greenbaum was appointed to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Air Act Advisory Committee (CAAAC) this fall by EPA Administrator Michael Regan, along with several other new members. The CAAAC is a senior-level policy committee established in 1990 to advise EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation and the broader EPA on issues related to implementing the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990.
HEI will host a webinar on October 19, 2021 from 10:00 to 11:00 am EDT for potential applicants to RFA 21-1, Quantifying Real-World Impacts of Non-Tailpipe Particulate Matter Emissions. This webinar will describe the HEI application process and provide an opportunity to ask questions about the process and requirements. The deadline for Preliminary Applications is January 19, 2022.
HEI has issued RFA 21-1, Quantifying Real-World Impacts of Non-Tailpipe Particulate Matter Emissions, to study non-tailpipe particulate matter emissions from motor vehicles and their impacts on air quality, human exposure, and human health. The deadline for Preliminary Applications is January 19, 2022.
In this issue of Update, read about a major HEI study in Europe that found evidence of health effects at low levels of air pollution; a new Board Chair; our first-ever Director of Science Communications; steps HEI is taking toward diversity, equity, and inclusion; the launch of new studies on wildfires and the effectiveness of air quality policies, and more.
A major new HEI report presents a study examining associations between exposures to relatively low levels of air pollution and several health outcomes among participants in 22 European cohorts.
The HEI Board of Directors recently approved funding for three new studies: one to be conducted as part of HEI’s Accountability program to test whether air quality actions achieve cleaner air and better health, and two on the air and health impacts of wildfires.
