Assessing residential PM2.5 concentrations and infiltration factors with high spatiotemporal resolution using crowdsourced sensors

DM Lunderberg, Y Liang, BC Singer… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Building conditions, outdoor climate, and human behavior influence residential
concentrations of fine particulate matter (PM2. 5). To study PM2. 5 spatiotemporal variability …

Impact of do‐it‐yourself air cleaner design on the reduction of simulated wildfire smoke in a controlled chamber environment

AL Holder, HS Halliday, L Virtaranta - Indoor air, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
During wildfire smoke events public health agencies release advisories to stay indoors,
close doors and windows, and operate a portable air cleaner (PAC). The do‐it‐yourself …

The persistence of smoke VOCs indoors: Partitioning, surface cleaning, and air cleaning in a smoke-contaminated house

J Li, MF Link, S Pandit, MH Webb, KJ Mayer… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Wildfires are increasing in frequency, raising concerns that smoke can permeate indoor
environments and expose people to chemical air contaminants. To study smoke …

The chemical assessment of surfaces and air (CASA) study: using chemical and physical perturbations in a test house to investigate indoor processes

DK Farmer, ME Vance, D Poppendieck… - … Science: Processes & …, 2025 - pubs.rsc.org
The Chemical Assessment of Surfaces and Air (CASA) study aimed to understand how
chemicals transform in the indoor environment using perturbations (eg, cooking, cleaning) or …

Estimated Impacts of Prescribed Fires on Air Quality and Premature Deaths in Georgia and Surrounding Areas in the US, 2015–2020

KJ Maji, Z Li, A Vaidyanathan, Y Hu… - Environmental …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Smoke from wildfires poses a substantial threat to health in communities near and far. To
mitigate the extent and potential damage of wildfires, prescribed burning techniques are …

Exposure of agricultural workers in California to wildfire smoke under past and future climate conditions

ME Marlier, KI Brenner, JC Liu, LJ Mickley… - Environmental …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Wildfire activity in the western US has increased in frequency and severity in recent
decades. Wildfire smoke emissions contribute to elevated fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) …

Social cost of lifestyle adaptation: Air pollution and outdoor physical exercise

Y Fan - Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2024 - Elsevier
The social cost of environmental hazards depends on the well-being impacts of both
exposure and adaptation. While the monetary expenditure of adaptation is increasingly …

Responses to wildfire and prescribed fire smoke: a survey of a medically vulnerable adult population in the wildland-urban interface, Mariposa County, California

S Hoshiko, JR Buckman, CG Jones… - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
California plans to substantially increase the use of prescribed fire to reduce risk of
catastrophic wildfires. Although for a beneficial purpose, prescribed fire smoke may still pose …

Acute Health Effects of Wildfire Smoke Exposure During a Compound Event: A Case‐Crossover Study of the 2016 Great Smoky Mountain Wildfires

S Duncan, C Reed, T Spurlock, MM Sugg… - GeoHealth, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In 2016, unprecedented intense wildfires burned over 150,000 acres in the southern
Appalachian Mountains in the United States. Smoke from these fires greatly impacted the …

Development and laboratory evaluation of a do-it-yourself (DIY) filtration solution for residential evaporative coolers to reduce indoor wildfire smoke exposure

A Singh, B Stephens, M Heidarinejad, B Stinson… - Building and …, 2024 - Elsevier
This work describes the development and laboratory evaluation of a do-it-yourself (DIY)
filtration solution for residential evaporative coolers (ECs), which bring in large amounts of …