by Madison Naves | Aug 18, 2022 | Clean Air Journal, Opinion
Imagine a moment of bliss. Euphorically tilting your head toward the sky and basking in the sun for a moment you wish could last forever. The air around you is crisp and light but warm enough to embrace you like a sweatered hug. Where are you? Perhaps a hillside? Are...
by Marion Fintel, PhD | Aug 25, 2020 | Clean Air Journal
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 disease. Those who suffer from cardiovascular disease are at a particularly...
by Haley Lewis | May 28, 2020 | Clean Air Journal
Why We Need Stronger PM2.5 Standards, Especially Because of COVID-19 By: Sidni Smith (Summer 2020 Legal Intern and Summer 2020 MPH Intern) Living means breathing. Gasp takes action to ensure that all Alabamians are accessing clean, healthy air to breathe that will...
by The GASP Team | Apr 1, 2020 | Clean Air Journal
Meet Brodie Zalanka, Spring Gasp Intern What is your major at UAB/BSC and why did you choose it? I have a Bachelor of Science in Public Health and am pursuing my Masters in Public Health with a concentration in environmental and occupational health. What do you hope...
by Kenneth Paik | Sep 25, 2017 | Clean Air Journal
Interning at Gasp has definitely brought a lot of things to my attention regarding health and safety in the city of Birmingham. Birmingham per se contains an immeasurable number of pollutant factors, all of which produces damaging toxins into our air. These factors...