Asthma rates are starting to fall — just not for the poorest kids – Grist


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Asthma rates are starting to fall — just not for the poorest kids
Grist
Strap on the New Year's party hat and grab a kazoo: Asthma rates have likely started to decrease for a good handful of kids in the United States. Hooray! Now get a friend to jab that kazoo into your eyeball: From 2001 to 2013, asthma rates continued to
Study: Kids' asthma rates quiet down after earlier increaseKSL.com
Asthma Prevalence Rising Among Poorer, Older ChildrenMedPage Today
Asthma Rate Stops Climbing in Some U.S. ChildrenYahoo Health
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In New York City’s black neighborhoods, poverty, housing issues, and asthma go … – Grist


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In New York City's black neighborhoods, poverty, housing issues, and asthma go
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The profiles detail the poverty rate, access to health care, life expectancy, strokes, asthma, mental illness, and cause of death for each neighborhood's population. They reveal the stark reality of how health in New York varies along race and income

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Fred Upton’s bizarre war on 24 million Americans with asthma – Grist Magazine


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Fred Upton's bizarre war on 24 million Americans with asthma
Grist Magazine
Just about every major health group in the United States is now telling Upton that he is putting the welfare of millions of Americans at risk who suffer from asthma (that's 24 million people right there — including 7 million children!
Environment Iowa: Congressmen King and Latham support polluters over health of IowaPolitics.com (press release)
EPA: Clean Air Act Saves Millions of Lives and Trillions of DollarsHuffington Post
Clean Air Act to Save $2 Trillion By 2020, EPA Report SaysBloomberg
Lewisboro Ledger –New York Times –WebWire (press release)
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