Marion Fintel, PhD

Marion Fintel retired from Talladega College as an associate professor of biology in July of 2019. During her career, she taught anatomy and physiology, as well as other biology courses, to college students for close to thirty years. Dr. Fintel earned her doctorate in physiology from LSU Health Sciences Center in New Orleans in 1982. She then received further research training as a postdoctoral scholar in the UCLA Department of Physiology. In 2013, Dr. Fintel earned a masters of science degree in public health (MSPH) in the field of epidemiology from UAB.

The Current EPA Standard for PM2.5 Should Be Strengthened

by Marion Fintel, PhD | Apr 1, 2022

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plans to make a final decision in the spring of 2023 regarding whether to keep the current standard for soot or to strengthen it. The more technical name...

Air Pollution, Climate Change and COVID-19

by Marion Fintel, PhD | Feb 8, 2021

We need to support every effort our president and government make to clean up our air, so as to reduce climate change, create jobs, improve our health, and last but not least, to lessen the impact of the next pandemic.

Fine Particulate Matter and Cardiovascular Disease

by Marion Fintel, PhD | Aug 25, 2020

While we are all understandably focused on deaths due to the coronavirus pandemic (Covid-19), it is worth remembering that the number one cause of mortality in this country is cardiovascular...

Genes, Evolution, and Air Pollution

by Marion Fintel, PhD | Mar 4, 2020

I believe that the health of each and every one of us is harmed by air pollution. I base this belief on studies that show there is no safe level of pollutants and that adverse health effects are...

Scientific Advisory Board Pushes Back on Trump’s EPA Rollbacks

by Marion Fintel, PhD | Jan 7, 2020

The air we breathe needs to be cleaned up, not allowed to get dirtier.

Assessing Causality of Particulate Matter Pollution on Health

by Marion Fintel, PhD | Dec 17, 2019

The Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) makes recommendations to the EPA administrator regarding National Ambient Air Quality Standards for...