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EPA, Other Agencies Offer Indoor Air Quality, Asthma Triggers Workshop in Fresno

Release Date: 06/05/2012
Contact Information: Michael Ardito; ardito.michael@epa.gov; 415-972-3081

(6/5/2012) SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s regional air program and the University of Tulsa, in collaboration with Central Valley Children’s Services Network and the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District, will offer three consecutive free training workshops tomorrow.

WHO: Barbara Spark, U.S. EPA Pacific Southwest Region’s Indoor Air Program

Dr. Richard Shaughnessy, University of Tulsa

Deanna Rossi, MPH, Associate Director of California Breathing Asthma Program with the Calif. Dept. of Public Health

IN COLLABORATION WITH: Central Valley Children’s Services Network and the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District

WHAT: Three consecutive free training workshops on “Indoor Air Quality and Asthma Triggers”; for more information: http://tinyurl.com/d7ghuut

WHEN: Wednesday, June 6, 2012 at 1:30 – 1:45 p.m. for instructor availability to press

WHERE: Central Valley Children’s Services Network at 1911 North Helm Avenue, Fresno, Calif. 93727

Press Access: Please email in advance to ardito.michael@epa.gov . (The entire event is from 8:45 a.m. to 6 p.m.) During the session following the 1:30 p.m. instructor availability for the press, Dr. Shaughnessy will talk about the impact of ambient pollution on indoor exposures. He will also discuss reactions between ozone and indoor pollutants.