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It's the Brian Larry Show on WNYC. Happy Earth Day and good morning, everyone.

One of the things we're doing on the show during Trump's first 100 days is a health and climate Tuesday section of the show.

And since this particular Tuesday is Earth Day, we'll begin with a story right at the intersection of climate and health. Did you see

this in the New York Times last week? Headline, how is climate change harming health? Studying that

just got harder. Here's an example of how. Back in January when Los Angeles was ravaged by

wildfires, right? Some of the firefighters who responded to the blaze, quote,

had elevated levels of lead and mercury inside cells in their blood. We know this, thanks to early

findings from the LA Fire Health Study, a 10-year effort by researchers looking to understand

the health effects of exposure to smoke and other pollution

from the recent California wildfires.

That's in the article.

But the LA Fire Health Study and other research efforts focused on the effects of climate

disasters on human health are set to lose funding from the National Institute of Health,

the NIH.

That according to an NIH National Institutes

of Health document obtained by the New York Times. So joining me now is the author of that story,

Maggie Astor, New York Times reporter, covering the intersection between health and politics. Maggie,

thanks for coming on. Welcome to WNYC.

Thanks for having me.

What's this NIH document?

Tell us more.

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