R. Byron Rice

R. Byron Rice

Climate change and public health researcher at the U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development.

Publications

Select work is included here. A complete list of my articles can be found on my Google Scholar profile.

Journal Articles

Wildland Fire Smoke Adds to Disproportionate PM2.5 Exposure in the United States

Published in Environmental Science and Technology Air, 2025

We investigated how wildland fire smoke contributes to disparities in total PM2.5 exposure to inform public health intervention strategies in the United States.

Recommended citation: Wildland Fire Smoke Adds to Disproportionate PM2.5 Exposure in the United States. R. Byron Rice, Jason D. Sacks, Kirk R. Baker, Stephen D. LeDuc, and J. Jason West. ACS ES&T Air 2025 2 (2), 215-225. DOI: 10.1021/acsestair.4c00173
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Wildfires increase concentrations of hazardous air pollutants in downwind communities

Published in Environmental Science and Technology, 2023

We leveraged existing air quality monitoring data to investigate the concentrations of Hazardous Air Pollutants observed in wildfire smoke in the Western United States.

Recommended citation: R. Byron Rice, Katie Boaggio, Nicole E. Olson, Kristen M. Foley, Christopher P. Weaver, Jason D. Sacks, Stephen R. McDow, Amara L. Holder, and Stephen D. LeDuc. Environmental Science & Technology 2023 57 (50), 21235-21248. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c04153
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