Oregon Environmental Public Health Tracking

It's Heat Safety Week! Check out this new toolkit from the Alliance for Heat Resilience and Health: https://ow.ly/hKot50Z2WLr.

Alliance for Heat Resilience and Health (AHRH) - The Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health (MSCCH) The Alliance for Heat Resilience and Health is a network of organizations committed to national policy efforts to protect communities from the devastating health harms of extreme heat.

There are actions we can take to make seasonal allergies less severe. During allergy season, the Asthma and Allergy Foundation (AAFA) recommends checking pollen counts daily and taking steps to block pollen from getting into your home. AAFA’s Healthier Home Checklist gives a room-by-room guide to improving indoor air quality: https://ow.ly/xvMz50YKCKU.

Help raise awareness about radon! Oregon Radon Awareness Program has information about radon testing and prevention.
Website: www.healthoregon.org/radon

Hear from Clare Lewis, a nonsmoker, stage 4 lung cancer survivor and Oregonian about discovering she had high radon levels in her home.

Read the full story: https://ow.ly/8nE650XGxiL.

Lung cancer survivor speaks out about the dangers of radon: “I don’t want this to happen to anybody else.” : Oregon Health News Blog Clare Lewis, a nonsmoker, survived stage 4 lung cancer after discovering her home had extremely high levels of radon gas. In January 2023, then 65-year-old Clare Lewis was diagnosed with stage 4 lu…