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Environmental toxins cost kids’ health, billions in health dollars – eMaxHealth


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Environmental toxins cost kids' health, billions in health dollars
eMaxHealth
The cost of conditions like childhood cancer, asthma, autism, lead poisoning and ADHD has been estimated to be $76.6 billion in 2008. Scientists are calling for a three part plan of action to protect the health of kids and reduce the financial burden …
Estimated costs of environmental disease in children at $76.6 billion per yearEurekAlert (press release)
$76B in Pediatric Healthcare Costs Linked to Environmental FactorsHealthLeaders Media
Environmental Pollution Poses Costs to Children and EconomySOS Children’s Villages Canada
UPI.com –Medical News Today (press release) –People’s Daily Online
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CDC: Asthma Rates Keep Rising – Occupational Health & Safety

CDC: Asthma Rates Keep Rising
Occupational Health & Safety
Asthma diagnoses increased among all demographic groups between 2001 and 2009, though a higher percentage of children reported having asthma than adults. People diagnosed with asthma in the United States grew by 4.3 million between 2001 and 2009, …
Still breathless: Asthma rates rising even as smoking and pollution declineAmerican Council on Science and Health

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National Children’s health study seeks clues to childhood asthma – HealthCanal.com

National Children's health study seeks clues to childhood asthma
HealthCanal.com
During the month of May, asthma and allergies bother many Waukesha County children. Local families often visit doctors' offices looking for answers. “While the exact cause of asthma is not known, we do know that asthma occurs more frequently in …
Another important reason to watch children's asthmaScoop.co.nz (press release)

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You Can Control Your Asthma – Highlight HEALTH

You Can Control Your Asthma
Highlight HEALTH
World Asthma Day is an annual event organized by the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA). The event raises awareness about asthma and works to improve asthma care around the world. This year's theme is “You Can Control Your Asthma”. …
World Asthma Day 2011: "You Can Control Your Asthma"Medical News Today
Keeping asthma under controlTimes of India
World Asthma Day Continues Progress Toward Asthma Control and Reductionnews Stories
Daily News & Analysis –Examiner.com –Indian Express
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Ministry of Health Highlights Financial Implications of Treating Asthma Patients – TopNews New Zealand


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Ministry of Health Highlights Financial Implications of Treating Asthma Patients
TopNews New Zealand
Revealing the shocking costs for the treatment of asthma, Ministry of Health has stated that it cost $1121 a day to treat a patient of asthma in hospital. According to the Asthma Foundation's President Professor Ian Town, it was one of the several ways …
Asthma can't stop All Black dreamMarlborough Express
Asthma costs us in so many waysScoop.co.nz (press release)
Everyone Breathe Launches New Asthma Education Grant Program to Raise …Business Wire (press release)

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Health Buzz: U.S. Air Quality Better, But Still Unhealthy – U.S. News & World Report

Health Buzz: U.S. Air Quality Better, But Still Unhealthy
U.S. News & World Report
Bakersfield, Calif., has the worst pollution in terms of pollutants that are airborne particles such as soot and ash—and more than 50000 of the city's 800000 residents have asthma. The 25 smoggiest cities all saw improvements in air quality over the …

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On The Waterfront: Port giving $5 million in health grants – Long Beach Press-Telegram

On The Waterfront: Port giving $5 million in health grants
Long Beach Press-Telegram
The latest round of grants, the second in less than a year, will aid local initiatives fighting asthma in kids, cancer, heart disease, lung disease and other ailments. Most of the cash will benefit hospitals, neighborhood health clinics, …
Port of Long Beach Awards $5 Million in Health GrantsOccupational Health & Safety

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