Guest: Dr. Ilona Jaspers, Professor, Departments of Environmental Science and Engineering; Pediatrics, Microbiology and Immunology; Director, Curriculum in Toxicology; Deputy Director, Center for Environmental Medicine, Asthma and Lung Biology, UNC-Chapel Hill
Topics: Vaping and E-cigarettes health effects research, cinnamaldehyde (e-cigarette flavoring additive), translational studies related to air pollution health effects, cigarette smoking, nicotine addiction, burn pit smoke exposure study
Video: “Why underestimating the health effects of vaping is a bad idea”
NY Times: “Cinnamon may be safe in foods, but is it safe in e-cigarettes?”
UNC School of Medicine researchers receive $9.96 million U.S. DoD grant (burn pits study)