Webinar: Health Risks from Low-level Air Pollution Exposure in Canada

August 23, 2022
EDT

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This webinar aimed to share results from the recently published HEI Research Report, Mortality–Air Pollution Associations in Low-Exposure Environments (MAPLE): Phase 2, by Dr. Michael Brauer from The University of British Columbia and his colleagues. The team combined satellite data, air monitor sampling, and atmospheric modeling to estimate ambient PM2.5 levels across Canada from 1981 to 2016. They evaluated the association between ambient PM2.5 exposure and mortality among 7.1 million Canadian adults. The analysis also included in-depth modeling of the concentration-response curve.

The study is the final in a set of three studies funded by HEI to explore the health effects from air pollution exposure at levels below government-recommended standards. Members of HEI’s Low-Exposure Epidemiology Studies Review Panel also discussed the strengths and weaknesses of the study, and how the findings might influence ambient air quality standards.

 

Chairs: Ellen Mantus, HEI and Sverre Vedal, University of Washington

Sessions

Health Risks from Low-level Air Pollution Exposure in Canada

Aug. 23, 2022 - 11:00am
1:00pm
America/New_York

11:00 AM Welcome & Introduction

  • Ellen K. Mantus
    , Health Effects Institute

11:05 AM Why study the health effects of low levels of air pollution?

11:15 AM Introduction of MAPLE Team

  • Ellen K. Mantus
    , Health Effects Institute

11:16 AM Mortality and Air Pollution at Low Exposures: An overview of the MAPLE Study

11:35 AM Concentration-Response Curves

11:55 AM Q&A for Clarifying Questions

12:05 PM Introduction of Low Exposure Review Panel Speakers

  • Sverre Vedal
    ,

    University of Washington, Seattle

12:05 PM Exposure perspectives on the MAPLE study - HEI Low Exposure Review Panel

12:15 PM Reflections from the Review Committee: Discussion of the Epidemiology

12:25 PM Moderated Q&A

12:59 PM Closing Remarks

  • Ellen K. Mantus
    , Health Effects Institute
Location
Online Webinar
Boston, MA 02110
United States

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