In Clear Terms with AARP California™

The Dangers of Wildfire Smoke

Episode Summary

Co-Director of the UCLA Center for Healthy Climate Solutions, Dr. David Eisenman joins the show to discuss what you need to know about wildfire smoke.

Episode Notes

On this episode of In Clear Terms with AARP California, host Dr. Thyonne Gordon sits down with David Eisenman, MD, MSHS, Director of the Center for Public Health and Disasters at UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, and Co-Director of the UCLA Center for Healthy Climate Solutions. Dr. Eisenman joins Dr. Gordon to discuss what you need to know about wildfire smoke, including: the effects of smoke on physical and mental health, measures that are being taken to address inequities caused by wildfires, and what you can do to prepare for wildfire smoke in your own home. Listen in for another informative episode of In Clear Terms with AARP California. 

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