It’s time for Ohio to nurse its energy sources back to health: Dr. Aparna Bole
Updated Mar 14, 2021;
Posted Mar 14, 2021
Air pollution related to fossil fuel combustion including sulfur dioxide, surface ozone and fine particulate matter causes a host of health harms to Ohioans, especially to our children, writes guest columnist Dr. Arpana Bole. Lisa DeJong/The Plain Dealer
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Aparna Bole, MD, FAAP, is medical director of community integration at UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital and an associate professor of pediatrics at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. She is a founding advisory council member of the Ohio Clinicians for Climate Action. For this essay, Bole collaborated with Ariunaa Bayanjargal, MD/PhD student at The Ohio State University specializing in childhood cancer research and Dr. William Hardie, a pediatric pulmonologist in Cincinnati.
Dr. Husein, MD, MPH is a graduate of the Ohio State University College of Medicine and is currently a hematology and oncology fellow at the James Cancer Center. Ariunaa is a MD/PhD Candidate at Ohio State with a concentration in pediatric oncology. Anna Cifranic is Program Director for OCCA. Ohio Clinicians for Climate Action (OCCA) is a statewide group of physicians, nurses, and other health professionals who recognize the intersection of patient health and climate, and serve as credible sources for health-based environmental policy perspectives. They discuss the clinician’s role in climate justice, Ohio environmental policy, and the future of environmental health in medicine. OCCA emphasizes the need for environmental health curriculum and advocacy in clinical spaces and in medical education.