Recap of Environment & The Airways

In this APAPP podcast, Rebecca Ezell, NP, is joined by James McNutt, NP, for a practical discussion on environmental triggers and reactive airway disease. Recapping their 2026 APAPP presentation, Rebecca and James review the global burden of asthma and COPD, the disparities faced by patients in both pollution-heavy urban areas and rural agricultural communities, and how fine particulate matter and diesel exhaust penetrate the airway mucosa to drive oxidative stress, type 2 inflammation, mucus...