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Mar 2020
1h 16m

QUAR-ING TWENTIES PART 2 - Our Environme...

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Barry and Lucas continue their Quar-ing Twenties series with another really smart and hopeful guest. Ed Avol is a Professor of Clinical Preventive Medicine, with expertise in exposure assessment and acute/chronic respiratory and cardiovascular effects of airborne pollutants in populations at risk. He was also part of BARACK OBAMA’S Clean Air Act commission. ... Show More
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