{"id":2548,"date":"2015-10-13T21:33:45","date_gmt":"2015-10-13T21:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/?p=2548"},"modified":"2015-10-13T21:33:45","modified_gmt":"2015-10-13T21:33:45","slug":"greenspeak-on-oct-26-air-pollution-what-are-the-impacts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/2015\/10\/13\/greenspeak-on-oct-26-air-pollution-what-are-the-impacts\/","title":{"rendered":"greenSPEAK on Oct. 26: &#8220;Air pollution:  what are the impacts?&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2015\/10\/Capture.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2551 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2015\/10\/Capture-231x300.jpg\" alt=\"Capture\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2015\/10\/Capture-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2015\/10\/Capture-116x150.jpg 116w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2015\/10\/Capture-154x200.jpg 154w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2015\/10\/Capture.jpg 668w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/><\/a>Admission is FREE. Light refreshments will be served.<\/p>\n<p>Monday, October 26, 2015<br \/>\nDoors open at 6:30 pm, event 7-9 pm<br \/>\nUniversity of the Fraser Valley<br \/>\nB 101 &#8211; Theatre, Building B<br \/>\n33844 King Road, Abbotsford BC<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou are what you breathe,\u201d says Dr. David Suzuki. The quality of air that we breathe into our lungs can have a great impact on our overall health. Air pollution also impacts visibility and the environment. Experts in the eld Drs. Michael Brauer and Sarah Henderson can answer your questions about the health effects of air pollution and the risk of exposure in your communities.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #339966\">objectives<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Learn about air quality trends in the Fraser Valley<\/li>\n<li>Identify ways the public and stakeholders can improve air quality and reduce health risks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #339966\">highlights<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>This public forum will provide you with information on:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pollutants and their sources<\/li>\n<li>Pollutant transport in the atmosphere<\/li>\n<li>Health effects<\/li>\n<li>Airshed management<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #339966\">panelists<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Dr. Michael Brauer, Professor<\/strong><br \/>\nSchool of Population and Public Health<br \/>\nUniversity of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC<\/p>\n<p><strong> Dr. Sarah Henderson, Senior Scientist<\/strong><br \/>\nEnvironmental Health Services<br \/>\nBC Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, BC<\/p>\n<p><strong>Representatives from:<\/strong><br \/>\nFraser Valley Regional District<br \/>\nBC Ministry of Environment<br \/>\nFraser Health<\/p>\n<p>If you have air quality concerns that you would like our panel of experts to address or for any other inquiries, please contact: Dr. Menn Biagtan at biagtan@bc.lung.ca or 1.800.665.5864<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #339966\">presented by<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>BC Ministry of Environment, BC Centre for Disease Control, BC Lung Association, UBC, Fraser Health, Fraser Valley Regional District, UFV Centre for Sustainability, UFV Faculty of Science, UFV Facilities, UFV Students for Environmental Advocacy<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Admission is FREE. Light refreshments will be served. Monday, October 26, 2015 Doors open at 6:30 pm, event 7-9 pm University of the Fraser Valley B 101 &#8211; Theatre, Building B 33844 King Road, Abbotsford BC \u201cYou are what you breathe,\u201d says Dr. David Suzuki. The quality of air that we breathe into our lungs &#8230; <a title=\"greenSPEAK on Oct. 26: &#8220;Air pollution:  what are the impacts?&#8221;\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/2015\/10\/13\/greenspeak-on-oct-26-air-pollution-what-are-the-impacts\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":1915,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[66,21],"tags":[32],"class_list":["post-2548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-centre-for-environmental-sustainability","category-events","tag-greenspeak"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2548"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2548\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2559,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2548\/revisions\/2559"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}