One Health recognizes how deeply rooted our health is to the health of animals and the environment around us. Our scientist, Sydney Jones, is currently exploring these connections through fieldwork, workshops, and discussions at the One Health Summer School! https://bit.ly/3SGJ99N

Congrats to the Gov of Kenya on its rulebook for global carbon trading, providing market transparency & predictability. Adding cookstoves to the conditional list of priority activities would protect the climate, landscapes AND family health. https://tinyurl.com/4jah6hah #4theKids

Air pollution threatens the aspirations of youth across the world. 99% of people live with air pollution that exceeds health-protective levels. Ms. Siddiqui's TED talk calls on youth to take action against this silent killer stealing their futures. https://tinyurl.com/35xwecx3 #InternationalYouthDay

Our colleagues at www.colorado.edu/lab/hannigan/ conducted emissions tests on ethanol and LPG #cookstoves to explore health and climate impacts of clean fuels. Publication in the works, in partnership with #Project_Gaia, #GettysburgCollege and #usgrainscouncil.

9 air monitors, 8 days training in Fresno, ~6 million magnets and sample IDs, & most importantly, 5 incredibly bright and lovely field researchers (& @TimTyner!) from @CalAsthma to measure cooking-related IAQ in California kitchens! Project AIRLIFT is ready for take-off! 🚀

Today we recognize & thank the farm workers whose dedication keeps our communities nourished. At Berkeley Air, we're grateful for the people whose work sustains us all and remain committed to supporting healthier environments for all communities. #FarmWorkerAppreciationDay photo by Tim Mossholder

Big CLEAR news! The UNFCCC Methodological Expert Panel (MEP) has been busy adapting CLEAR for PA Art. 6.4 use. They are now seeking public input on the draft (A6.4-MEP015-A01). CLEAR belongs to the #cleancooking sector, so pls comment before August 20! https://tinyurl.com/65u9euhp

#CallforPapers #AirPollution #RespiratoryHealth How do indoor air pollution, heat, and pollen shape respiratory health across a lifetime? 🫁 🪟 Submissions are open for our Special Issue on environmental risk factors. 📊Submit here: mdpi.com/journal/ijerph/special_issues/57HUQ667FD

#Affordability & #profitability are both necessary for clean cooking success. Sustainable #cleancooking require business models that keep products affordable while allowing companies to earn fair profits, so modern cooking #appliances can reach & remain in households. mecs.org.uk/blog/ecookin...

Berkeley Air feels grateful after a recent seaside work retreat! Eight teammates from California, Colorado, and Georgia came together to reflect on where the company is headed, strengthen workflows, and spend time together in a beautiful setting.

Our new blog, “Inequities in the Global Air Pollution Health Burden” dives into the use of the Socio-Demographic Index (SDI) to understand the disparities in air pollution’s global disease burden. Check it out! ➡️ https://tinyurl.com/2v8fpwht #AirQuality #AirPollution #CleanAirForAll

#Health #Fire #Ozone #AirPollution #ToxicSmoke #OxidisingPollutants #COPD #IschemicHeartDisease #RespiratoryIllness #Asthma #MentalHealth #Dementia #Alzheimers #ChildhoodDevelopment #Diabetes #ChronicKidneyDisease #HeartAttacks #Death #Grief #Trauma #FossilFuelPollution #AnthropogenicGlobalWarming

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🫁 Can the air children breathe affect their cardiometabolic health? A study led by #ISGlobal links childhood exposure to PM2.5 and NO2 at home and school with a higher risk of metabolic syndrome. 🔗https://shorturl.at/wMSZd #AirPollution #ChildHealth #GlobalHealth

EPA's Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee is holding its first meeting since President Trump returned to office in January 2025. Meeting materials and a video link are here: casac.epa.gov/ords/sab/f?p... #AirPollution

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Hot off the presses! Congrats to Berkeley Air's Dr. Katie Kearns and Dr. Michael Johnson on this brand new publication. Their research shows that pre-sampling filter analysis improves equivalent black carbon (eBC) estimates, especially in low-exposure settings. https://bit.ly/4wSLflg

......Where are our interns? Let's celebrate Alex Winston with this post of our Intern Diaspora series! ✨

Our crack team of experts is doing a great job equipment training in the field this week! 😎

Only one more week until we start our field training in Central California! The team is looking forward to a full week of skill sharing about air quality monitors, calibration, and deployment practice with our awesome partners @CalAsthma🏡📊🌏🍳👩‍🔬🔌

Please enjoy another edition of Berkeley Air's Former Intern Spotlight! Today we visit Xin Suen Ong. Thanks for everything Xin!!! 💖

July 6 is World Rural Development Day, where we recognize the disproportionate challenges faced by resilient women, Indigenous Peoples, and youth living in rural communities. At BA, we are committed to working towards global access to clean air and all other basic human rights.

New HAPIN pub! Mollinedo el al. discovered four potential sources of PM2.5 pollution in rural Guatemala: biomass burning, fossil fuels, crustal, & soil. Source Apportionment elevates exposure assessment by identifying more targeted interventions to protect health! 🌎 https://go.nature.com/4eW3lf1

Sweeping changes to federal research funding have been proposed, including political review of grants, increased liabilities for research implementers, and broader termination provisions. Public comments (due July 13) will impact judicial review. https://bit.ly/4vEx96Z photo by M Daudy

Congrats to our colleagues at Aprovecho on their 50th anniversary! Your dedication to making solid-fuel cooking safer, cleaner and more affordable for the world’s poorest families inspires us all. Thank you for your many contributions, and here’s to 50 more years! photo by Kendall Scott on Unsplash

Have a vision for how cooking can be safer, air can be cleaner, or cooking carbon can be measured and traded more effectively? Come to ETHOS 2027, to be held Feb 4-6, 2027, in Portland, Oregon, USA. Scholarships available; apply by July 7, 2026. https://tinyurl.com/y73a3d8u

Increasing emphasis within the cookstove sector on fuel switching projects opens new possibilities for how to substantiate health benefits. We are excited to partner with MECS to launch a wider conversation on this new framework.

Modern Energy Cooking Services (MECS)@ukmecs.bsky.social · 2mo ago

New ukmecs.bsky.social 3-level #framework, in collaboration with Berkeley Air Monitoring Group uses scalable, #data-driven approaches to measure #health #impacts of transitioning to Modern Energy Cooking more credibly & efficiently. Explore via our latest blog: mecs.org.uk/blog/estimat...

We are so excited for the launch of this wider conversation on how digital monitoring of cookstove projects opens up new possibilities for the assessment of health benefits from those transitions.

Modern Energy Cooking Services (MECS)@ukmecs.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🚀Report Launch: “Metered Methodology Health Methods, Phase 1 Deliverables”. This report responds to the challenge of demonstrating positive #health #impacts arising from #transition from polluting to #cleancooking fuels, meaningfully but cost effectively. Access Report: mecs.org.uk/wp-content/u...

We have a new publication on the calibration of #BlackCarbon monitors. We have done a systematic evaluation of almost all filter-based absorption photometers (FBAP) available vs. a photo-thermal interferometer (reference instrument). 📄 doi.org/10.1080/0278...

Happy Summer Solstice from Berkeley Air! Here's to the longest day of the year, golden evenings, meals shared outdoors, flourishing gardens, and a little midsummer magic in the air. Photo by Aaron Burden https://bit.ly/4v7vsyE

Join us in honoring Juneteenth Freedom Day! To learn more about the holiday's history, key figures, and recommended reading, visit the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture website. https://s.si.edu/4jr96Sh

The Government of #India has announced a ₹544 crore action plan for 2026-27 to tackle stubble burning and reduce winter #airpollution in the Delhi-NCR region.