Air pollution and pet health

Air quality and pet health

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In this episode, Stephen Jarvis explores the health impacts of poor air quality on pets.

In this episode, we cover:
•[00:00] Introduction
•[00:51] Environmental economist Stephen Jarvis explains how he became interested in the effects of air quality on pets.
•[01:59] He talks about the similarities in exposure between humans and pets, and introduces the veterinary dataset used in the study.
•[03:30] Jarvis explains the results of the study and the potential physiological effects of poor air quality.
•[05:40] He talks about the implications of reducing air pollution for petcare and the takeaway messages of the study.
•[08:17] Jarvis explains the caveats and limitations of the study.
•[09:14] Conclusion.

About Our Guest:

Stephen Jarvis
Assistant professor
London School of Economics

View related content here: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2504553122

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