Brian Joondeph’s Appointment to Air Pollution Advisory Board Draws Pushback

Brian Joondeph, a Colorado-based ophthalmologist and political commentator, has not published peer-reviewed research on air pollution science.By law, the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee of the E.P.A. must include a physician, usually a pulmonologist or cardiologist with expertise in how exposure to air pollution increases the risk of asthma, heart and lung diseases, cancer and other ailments.