Particles of Truth

“Powerful interests know evidence on dirty air’s dangers threatens their ability to keep polluting. Particles of Truth, by two titans in the field, makes clear just how strong that evidence is—and how critical an informed public is to life-saving progress toward truly healthy air.”—Beth Gardiner, author of Choked: Life and Breath in the Age of Air Pollution“The powerful story of brilliant and courageous public-health heroes who conducted pioneering studies on the health effects of air pollution. Thanks to them, our air is cleaner, and we breathe easier and live longer.”—David Michaels, Former Administrator, Occupational Safety and Health Administration; author of Triumph of Doubt: Dark Money and the Science of Deception“Two small children, Ella Kissi-Debrah (UK) and Kristina Warner (Utah), take center stage in this autobiographical masterpiece that describes a fifty-year tortuous and challenging journey to reveal air pollution as the greatest environmental risk to human health.”—Sir Stephen T. Holgate, MRC Clinical Professor of Immunopharmacology, University of Southampton; UKRI Clean Air Champion; Special Advisor to the Royal College of Physicians on Air Quality“Pope and Dockery describe in a captivating manner how their years-long research established that outdoor air pollution, especially fine particulate matter, is an important risk factor for death and disability, leading to stronger U.S. EPA regulations.”—John Balmes, Professor of Medicine Emeritus, University of California, San Francisco; Professor of Environmental Health Sciences Emeritus, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley

C. Arden Pope III is a Karl G. Maeser Distinguished University Professor at Brigham Young University. Widely recognized as a leading expert on the health effects of air pollution, he has advised numerous scientific boards and committees and has received multiple research and teaching awards.

Douglas W. Dockery is the John L. Loeb and Frances Lehman Loeb Research Professor of Environmental Epidemiology, Emeritus, at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health. He directed the Harvard-NIEHS Center for Environmental Health Sciences and chaired the Department of Environmental Health.

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