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EPA Releases New Flood Cleanup and Mold Resources
In the spring, 2023, the US Environmental Protection Agency released new resources focused on flood cleanup and mold, an asthma trigger. The series of one-pagers are valuable for outreach activities with state and local agencies, community organizations, and the public. For more information on Flood Cleanup and Indoor Air Quality, click here. For more information…
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Updated California Directory of In-Home Asthma Services
As part of our Health Care Equity goal, we continue to support asthma home visiting programs, Medi-Cal managed care plans, and other partners to effectively implement California’s groundbreaking policies: Asthma Remediation and Asthma Preventive Services. No matter where you are in the process, we can support your work through no-cost Technical Assistance to stakeholders across…
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RAMP CHW Meeting: Gas Stoves and Asthma
John Balmes, M.D., professor of medicine emeritus at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), professor of environmental health sciences emeritus in the School of Public Health at UC Berkeley, and attending physician in the Division of Occupational, Environmental and Climate Medicine (OECM) and the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Zuckerberg San Francisco…
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Webinar Recording: Navigating Mature and Emerging IAQ Technologies in Your Schools for COVID and Beyond
The Environmental Protection Agency has released its webinar, “Navigating Mature and Emerging IAQ Technologies in Your Schools for COVID and Beyond,” as an online resource. Recorded in December, 2022, the webinar features expert speakers exploring various indoor air quality (IAQ) technologies and how they’re able to help schools reduce airborne viruses. It also contains information…
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EPA Provides Tips and Resources for Home and Family Safety After a Flood
Following a flood, standing water and wet materials can lead to mold, a common asthma trigger. With all of the rain in California this winter, the guidance from the Environmental Protection Agency may be useful for preventing the negative health impacts of flooding. The EPA has a series of resources detailing ways to protect your…
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EPA Offers Resources, Planning Guides, Tips, and Other Resource for May’s Asthma Awareness Month
May is Asthma Awareness Month, a time to educate asthma stakeholders about this chronic condition and how it can be controlled. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) offers a variety of resources for planning your Asthma Awareness Month activities: Download EPA’s Asthma Awareness Month Event Planning Kit, which features ideas for outreach and awareness activities,…
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Please Support RAMP’s Healthy Housing Bills!
We recently announced two healthy housing bills RAMP is sponsoring this year. Will you take a moment to show your support for healthy housing? AB 548, authored by Assemblymember Boerner-Horvath, will introduce a proactive element to complaint-based code enforcement. The bill requires code enforcement officers to inspect additional units at a multi-family property if they…
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RAMP’s Housing Legislation Will Improve and Support Local Code Enforcement
Over the past ten years, RAMP and key partners have worked together to advance legislation to fix gaps in the state’s housing code, including closing loopholes related to pest infestations, ensuring tenants are notified when pesticides are used on a property, and adding visible mold as an enforceable substandard housing condition. With many key issues…
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Environmental Law Institute Releases Ventilation in Schools Report
In early 2023, the Environmental Law Institute released a report titled “Ventilation in Schools: A review of State Policy Strategies.” The report investigates and supports state development of school ventilation policies and describes how current policies address strategies for improving ventilation and filtration in schools. In addition, the report highlights policies that provide financial and…
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Evidence Review Examines Effectiveness of Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Air Cleaners
The National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health, funded by the Public Health Agency of Canada, has produced a new evidence review on the effectiveness of do-it-yourself (DIY) air cleaners. The review of academic and technical literature showed that DIY air cleaners performed similarly to commercial portable air cleaners in terms of clean air delivery rate…
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Allergy & Asthma Network and American Partnership for Eosinophilic Disorders Launch Biologics Toolkit
The Allergy & Asthma Network and the American Partnership for Eosinophilic Disorders (APFED) have partnered to develop and launch a web-based Biologics Toolkit. Biologics are specialized medications designed to treat the source of symptoms rather than the symptoms themselves. They have emerged as an additional treatment option for many diseases, including severe asthma. The toolkit,…
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Gas Stoves and Asthma
Gas cooking stoves – so common across much of the United States – may play an outsized role in increased risk of asthma among children. In a study recently published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, researchers estimate over 12% of current childhood asthma is attributed to gas stove use. That…