Reducing Exposures to Reverse Rates of Chronic Disease
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Asthma and the Environment
Reducing Asthma Risk Associated with Chemicals
EHP collaborates with organizations within and external to the University of Massachusetts Lowell to support greater action on reducing asthma risks associated with chemicals. Working on behalf of Health Care Without Harm, the Environmental Health Program wrote major sections of a report, Risks to Asthma Posed by Indoor Health Care Environments: A Guide to Identifying & Reducing Problematic Exposures.
For the report, EHP investigated the state of the evidence regarding chemical and biologic agents commonly encountered in the health care facilities that can cause or exacerbate asthma among patients, staff and visitors of the health care institution.
The goals of the guide are to: 1) identify those agents in the heath care setting that pose a significant risk for developing or exacerbating asthma; 2) outline steps health care organizations can take to reduce or eliminate such exposures; and 3) provide decision-making guidance to help health care institutions facilitate an effective toxic use reduction program.
The Environmental Health Program is also working with the Alliance for Healthy Tomorrow to identify needs and opportunities or research and research dissemination to address the role of chemical exposures in initiating or exacerbating asthma.
Lastly, graduate students from the School of Health and the Environment are working with EHP to explore trends in the use of asthma causing chemicals among industries in Massachusetts that report usage data to the Toxic Use Reduction Institute.
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