ProfGThurston
@profgthurston.bsky.social
I'm a Professor of Environmental Medicine at the NYU School of Medicine. I have conducted numerous epidemiological studies of the human exposures and health effects of air pollution over the past 40+ years, especially of particulate matter air pollution..
Our plot of the plummeting local pediatric asthma emergency department visits following the coal coking plant closure is especially striking
August 8, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Our plot of the plummeting local pediatric asthma emergency department visits following the coal coking plant closure is especially striking
Our new study documenting dramatic respiratory health benefits following the closure of a fossil fuel coal coking plant is out! Pediatric asthma Emergency Dept. visits were especially reduced. Transitioning away from fossil fuels will yield a healthier humanity. www.atsjournals.org/doi/10.1164/...
July 26, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Our new study documenting dramatic respiratory health benefits following the closure of a fossil fuel coal coking plant is out! Pediatric asthma Emergency Dept. visits were especially reduced. Transitioning away from fossil fuels will yield a healthier humanity. www.atsjournals.org/doi/10.1164/...
This Monday I'll be a speaker at this ISEE scientific webinar on "Testifying before Congress" to teach other scientists how to get involved, and how to succeed at it. I hope they will! (lnkd.in/eWRSHDvP)
January 24, 2025 at 8:25 PM
This Monday I'll be a speaker at this ISEE scientific webinar on "Testifying before Congress" to teach other scientists how to get involved, and how to succeed at it. I hope they will! (lnkd.in/eWRSHDvP)