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GUEST OPINION: Why clean air matters to Mass. kids' health
Fall River Herald News But, for people like 6½ year-old Mia and her younger brother William, this isn't always possible. They have asthma — a leading cause of children's emergency room visits in Massachusetts. Mia has had coughing fits so severe that blood vessels in her … |
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Our Families Deserve Clean Air
Huffington Post (blog) Summer approaches and as the temperature rises so does the threat of more asthma attacks for children and adults suffering from this fearful disease. As a pediatric pulmonologist I see the burden faced by families due to asthma on a daily basis. EPA Responds to SurfKY News |
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 ThinkProgress |
Moms Taking Their Clean Air Message To The EPA
ThinkProgress More than 7 million children have asthma in this country. Behind each of those children is a mom (or dad) taking care of their child, making sure she takes her medicine, vigilantly watching for symptoms. Asthma makes kids sick, and keeps them home from … Smog Season Safety Matters Air quality alert issued for Baltimore Air quality alert in effect |
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Asthma Awareness Month event focuses on clean air legislation
Billings Gazette Children with asthma are frequent visitors to hospitals and can become severely ill and even die from complications of the disease. That was the message that Faith Worden, a certified nursing assistant, gave during an American Lung Association in … |
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 USA TODAY |
Asthma rate at record high; clean Olympic air helped hearts
USA TODAY By Kim Painter, USA TODAY Asthma count: The share of the US population with asthma has reached the highest level ever, 8.4% in 2010, up from 7.3% in 2001, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. While deaths are dropping, the impact is … |
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Why clean bedcover protects from asthmatic attack
Nigerian Tribune Experts say that clean bedcovers, dust and cockroach free-homes are important in preventing asthmatic attacks, reports Sade Oguntola. Clean bedcovers hold countless benefits from ensuring a good night sleep in comfort and relaxation, all the way to … |
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 Indian Express |
Clean & Sneezy
Indian Express Doctors agree that they have never seen such a large number of allergy cases ranging from bronchial asthma to allergic rhinitis to food and skin allergies. So much so that epidemiologists have started hypothesising about the allergy “epidemic” that … |
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Michigan State Calls for Clean Energy on Campus
Huffington Post (blog) These plants are responsible for dangerous pollution including mercury, carbon dioxide, arsenic and lead and can lead to more severe asthma attacks, bronchial infections and cancer. Students can help reinvent the American economy by pressuring school … |
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 Hornsby & Upper North Shore Advocate |
Clean break for Jade's asthma
Hornsby & Upper North Shore Advocate WHEN Cowan 11-year-old Jade Naidoo's daily asthma attacks and need for medication reached unbearable levels in 2007, her father was desperate for a solution. Jay Naidoo was concerned with the side effects of the medication and was striving to avoid … |
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 Between The Lines |
It's Time To Clear The Air: EPA's Clean Air Rules Save Lives
Huffington Post For those who experience breathing problems such as asthma, air pollution can lead to further respiratory distress, missed worked days, higher health care costs and even hospitalization. On high-pollution days, dirty air irritates the respiratory … NFL Legend Jerome Bettis Joins with Clean Air Council to Advocate for … Toxics rule limits exposure to pollution Capps Joins Democratic Women in Promoting EPA Plan to Reduce Mercury Pollution |
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