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Agricultural burning monitored for air pollutants in Imperial County; exposure reduction recommendations developed

authors

Martha Harnly, California Department of Public Health (CDPH), Richmond
Kinnery Naik-Patel, California Department of Public Health (CDPH), Richmond
Stephen Wall, California Department of Public Health (CDPH), Richmond
Penelope J. E. Quintana, San Diego State University
Diamon Pon, California Department of Public Health (CDPH), Richmond
Jeff Wagner, California Department of Public Health (CDPH), Richmond

publication information

California Agriculture 66(3):85-90. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v066n03p85. July-September 2012.

NALT Keywords

agricultural management, atmospheric sciences, chemical substances, fire science and management

Summary

author affiliations

M. Harnly is Research Scientist Supervisor, Environmental Health Investigations Branch (EHIB), California Department of Public Health (CDPH), Richmond; K. Naik-Patel is Epidemiology Fellow, Environmental Health Investigations Branch (EHIB), California Department of Public Health (CDPH), Richmond; S. Wall is Chief, Outdoor Air Quality Section, Environmental Health Laboratory, CDPH, Richmond; P.J.E. Quintana is Associate Professor of Environmental Health, Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University; D. Pon is a Research Scientist at the Environmental Health Laboratory, CDPH, Richmond; J. Wagner is a Research Scientist at the Environmental Health Laboratory, CDPH, Richmond.

author notes

We gratefully acknowledge Michael Carey, Esther Bejarano and BianKa Singh for carefully following field sampling protocols; Svetlana Smorodinsky for technical assistance; and Tivo Rojas-Cheatham, Paula Kriner and Deborah Garcia for assistance with educational efforts. We also gratefully acknowledge the contributions of community residents. This work was partially funded by the U.S./Mexico Border Environmental Cooperation Commission.


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