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EHS Webinar: Wildfire Smoke & Public Health
in British Columbia June 5th, 2014
Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Wildfire smoke is an important and growing
public health issue
• Wildfire frequency and duration forecasted to increase with climate change
• Estimated annual global mortality from wildfire smoke 339,000
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Where there’s fire, there’s smoke
Photograph by: Ed Kaiser edmontonjournal.com
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=78493
Where there’s no fire, there’s smoke
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Agenda
1. Guidelines for Public Health Decision Making During Wildfire Smoke Events - Catherine Elliott
2. BC Asthma Monitoring System - Sarah Henderson
3. Questions and Discussion
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Guidelines for Public Health Decision Making During Wildfire
Smoke Events
EHS Webinar
June 4th, 2014
Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Project Team Catherine Elliott Karen Rideout Prabjit Barn Lawrence Pernica Scientific Advisory Committee Michael Brauer Mike Flannigan Sarah Henderson Fay Johnston Susan Roberecki Authors Prabjit Barn Linda Dix-Cooper Sandra Duran Anya Keefe Kathryn Morrison Colleen Reid Hind Sbihi Joanne Stares Angela Yao
Expert Reviewers Ryan Allen Nima Atabaki Michael Brauer Ed Chessor Rita Ciconte Shelley DuTeaux Paul English Rick Erland Mike Flannigan Paul Hasselback Sarah Henderson Peggy Jenkins Jeffrey Johnson Fay Johnston Peter Mazey Mark Nicas Fabienne Reisen Susan Roberecki Jat Sandhu Tom Kosatsky Health Canada
Acknowledgements
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1. Consensus Guidelines
2. Preliminary BC Guidance: Practice Pearls
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Scope & Considerations
• Wildfire, not planned, not structural
• Informative, not prescriptive
• Must be applied within local & situational context
• Universal and targeted interventions
• Higher resource countries
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Process for Guideline
Development June 2014
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Wildfire response tools so far
• Evidence reviews
• Guidelines review (July 2014)
• Preliminary BC guidance (July 2014)
http://www.bccdc.ca/healthenv/AirQuality/default.htm
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Just the facts: evidence reviews
Key points
Evidence gaps
Considerations http://www.bccdc.ca/healthenv/AirQuality/default.htm
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Wildfire Smoke
Health Effects of Smoke
Smoke Surveillance
Health Surveillance
Background Evidence
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Stay indoors
Wear N95 respirator
Use a home clean air shelter
Provide community
clean air shelters
Augment filtration in institutions
Cancel outdoor events
Evacuate
Evidence for Interventions
Reduce physical activity
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Known or suspected to be caused by wildfire smoke
Respiratory: asthma, COPD bronchitis, pneumonia
All cause mortality
Cardiovascular
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Respiratory: asthma, COPD bronchitis, pneumonia
All cause mortality
Cardiovascular
Birth outcomes
• Atherosclerosis
• Childhood respiratory disease
• Lung cancer
• Birth outcomes
Linked to short-term PM exposure but not yet studied for wildfire smoke:
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•Older adults •Unborn children •Populations with pre-existing respiratory disease
•Populations with pre-existing cardiovascular disease •Populations with lower socio-economic status
Populations susceptible to wildfire smoke
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• Children
• Populations with chronic inflammatory diseases (e.g., diabetes, obesity)
• Populations with specific genetic polymorphisms that mediate physiologic response to air pollution
Populations susceptible to particulate matter but evidence
for wildfire smoke is insufficient
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• Smoke measures: • Monitored PM (MoE)
• Modeled smoke (BCCDC)
• Predicted smoke (BlueSky)
• Health outcomes: • Medication refills
• Physician visits
• Emergency visits
• Hospital admissions
Situational Awareness during wildfire smoke events
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Stay indoors & reduce physical activity
Wear N95 respirator
Use a home clean air shelter
Provide community
clean air shelters
Augment filtration in institutions
Cancel outdoor events
Evacuate
Interventions
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Stay indoors
Wear N95 respirator
Use a home clean air shelter
Provide community
clean air shelters
Augment filtration in institutions
Cancel outdoor events
Evacuate
Evidence for Interventions
Reduce physical activity
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Limit infiltration from outdoors
Limit indoor air pollution
Chen 2011. Atmospheric Environment http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.09.048,
Staying Indoors
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Limit infiltration from outdoors
Limit indoor air pollution
Chen 2011. Atmospheric Environment http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.09.048,
Staying Indoors: Effective?
Can reduce indoor particulate matter
Limited evidence of reduction in childrens’ asthma symptoms
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Limit infiltration from outdoors
Limit indoor air pollution
Clean indoor air (existing central air, HEPA, electrostatic precipitator)
Home Clean Air Shelter
Air cleaner
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Limit infiltration from outdoors
Limit indoor air pollution
Clean indoor air (existing central air, HEPA, electrostatic precipitator)
Home Clean Air Shelter: Effective?
Reduces indoor particulate matter
Limited evidence of reduction in respiratory symptoms & cardiovascular health
Air cleaner
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Limit infiltration from outdoors
Limit indoor air pollution
Clean indoor air: existing or augmented
Community Clean Air Shelter
No Specific Evidence for CCAS:
Similar effects as home clean air shelter depending on level of air cleaning
Air cleaner
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Effective only if people seek cleaner air
Canceling outdoor events
No evaluation studies
Consider other options:
- Modified event
- Informed participation
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Widely available and inexpensive
Must be fit tested & trained
N95 Respirator (Mask)
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Widely available and inexpensive
Fit-testers in occupational settings
Chen 2011. Atmospheric Environment http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.09.048,
N95 Respirator: Effective?
10-fold reduction in inhaled particulate matter
No evaluation of efficacy or effectiveness
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HVAC Systems:
MERV 3-8: Residential systems
MERV 8-15: Many hospitals
Chen 2011. Atmospheric Environment
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.09.048,
Augmenting filtration in institutions
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MERV 3-8: Residential systems
MERV 8-15: Many hospitals
Chen 2011. Atmospheric Environment http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.09.048,
Augmenting filtration in institutions
Approaches:
Augment filtration
Set up clean air shelters (rooms)
Ventilation engineer is critical to planning augmented filtration.
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Potential benefits:
Reduce smoke exposure and associated health effects
Chen 2011. Atmospheric Environment http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.09.048,
Evacuation
Potential harms: Disruption of daily activities,
social support systems, economy, health care.
Smoke exposure during/after evacuation
Limited evidence of increased anxiety, exacerbation of mental illness
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Planning a Response (BC) preliminary
Health & Environmental Surveillance
Health
-Asthma
Smoke
-Monitored
-Modeled
-Predicted
Other threats
-Heat
-Fire
Preparedness
Sensitive
Populations
Vulnerable
populations
General population
Readiness to respond
- Clean Air Shelters
- N95 respirators
- Institutions
Communications plan
Response
Interventions for:
Sensitive individuals
Vulnerable populations
General population
Institutions
Communications plan
Populations at risk*
Susceptible populations
General
population
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Summary
• Number of interventions
• Challenge is deciding appropriate interventions for the situation
• BCCDC tools & expertise
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Review of the the BC Asthma Monitoring System (BCAMS)
2012-2014
June 5th, 2014
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Overview
• 2010 fire season
• 2011 foundational research
• 2012 pilot BCAMS
• 2013 updates to BCAMS
• 2014 updates to BCAMS
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Summer of 2010 was the worst
season on record
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From 2003 fires: smoke associated with asthma-related physician visits in Kelowna
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From 2010 fires: smoke
associated with salbutamol
dispensations in Williams Lake
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Salbutamol dispensations in fire-affected populations
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Salbutamol dispensations in non-
fire-affected populations
Elliott et al. Environmental Health 2013: 12
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BCAMS cover page gives
summary of activity for each
HA
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Salbutamol dispensations used in 2012
pilot of BCAMS WEEKLY
Limitations: • 7-day averaging
• Non-intuitive alerting
algorithm
• PM data for only 36 of
89 local health areas
• 1-week data lag
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Monitor PM Remote sensing aerosol Remote sensing fire
Remote sensing smoke Venting index
Empirical PM model developed
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Combining multiple data sources allows
daily population-weighted estimates
for all LHAs
Yao & Henderson. Journal of Exposure Assessment and Environmental Epidemiology In press
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2013 refinements to BCAMS, still
using salbutamol dispensations
WEEKLY
Improvements: • PHIDO alerting
• Empirical model
estimates included
• BlueSky forecasts
included
• Still 1-week data lag
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2014 BCAMS based on
physician visits at the HSDA
level, run WEEKLY or DAILY when
needed
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Use of physician visits decreases
spatial resolution, increases
timeliness
April 23rd
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LHA maps of estimated PM2.5 concentration
provided whenever unusual or rare physician visits
observed, to help highlight impacted
areas
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Discussion 1. What are your information needs when
managing wildfires smoke events?
2. How can coordinate better pre-season and during wildfire smoke events?
3. How can we better evaluate our response to wildfire smoke events?