Introducing Ask Dr. Shankar

Ever wonder how breathing smoke from a nearby wildfire is impacting your health? How about the grey cloud of smoke billowing out from that diesel truck in front of you on the highway? Or perhaps what impact those “clean” smelling products underneath your kitchen sink have on your home’s indoor air quality? Well, Dr. Shankar Prasad is here with answers to your most pressing questions! The Coalition for Clean Air (CCA) announces our new blog feature, Ask Dr. Shankar, which takes an in-depth look at the various health impacts associated with exposure to air pollution.

Our health expert

Dr. Shankar Prasad is an executive fellow with CCA and has spent five years in clinical practice, three years conducting research on the health effects of air pollution and 22 years in environmental health research and policy development. Learn more about Dr. Shankar Prasad.

Stay healthy this wildfire season

Given Los Angeles’ current battle with wildfires, this month’s Ask Dr. Shankar takes a look at how smoke impacts our health and the steps we can take to stay healthy.

Your questions count

We encourage people from all corners of California to submit health/air quality-related questions to askthedoc@coalitionforcleanair.org. We will answer one question each month and post it on our blog.

We look forward to reading your questions and bringing you informative and practical answers!