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Recent Study Finds Alarming Asthma Rates Near Southern California Ports
Natural Resources Defense Council (blog) Almost 30% of households in West Long Beach, California are home to someone with asthma. This heartbreaking statistic is among the findings of a recent study conducted by the Greater Long Beach Interfaith Community Organization, St. Lucy's Catholic … |
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Nurses to Congress: Blocking EPA Will Worsen Asthma
Natural Resources Defense Council (blog) Today the National Association of School Nurses, the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments and Health Care Without Harm released a new report documenting in stark terms the human and economic costs of asthma to emphasize the very real health … Groups say asthma cases will rise if EPA rules blocked Report: Asthma costs top $2 billion in Ohio Report: Asthma Prevalence, High Related Costs Likely to Worsen in U.S. if … |
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Taking the Asthma Story to Fred Upton
Natural Resources Defense Council (blog) In addition the report found that the law prevented more than 1.7 million asthma attacks last year. Specifically we oppose your legislation, HR 910 the Energy Tax Prevention Act of 2011, which will rollback Clean Air Act protections that are in place … Stealth-And-Trade US Energy Policy Should Be Based on Natural Gas |
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Shropshire girl with asthma died of natural causes
BBC News A nine-year-old girl who collapsed in a car on her way to an asthma clinic died of natural causes relating to a heart condition, a coroner has ruled. Kayleigh Hunt had been staying with her father Gareth in Ketley Bank, Telford, Shropshire, … |
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Meet the Asthma Aggravators
Natural Resources Defense Council (blog) Today members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee voted in favor of HR 910, known (by me) as the Asthma Aggravation Act of 2011, because it will allow big corporations to dump unlimited amounts of carbon pollution from power plants and other … |
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The Asthma Aggravation Act of 2011
Natural Resources Defense Council (blog) Let's just call it the Asthma Aggravation Act of 2011. Much as some members of Congress would like to pretend otherwise, continuing to allow power plants and other polluters to dump unlimited amounts of carbon pollution into our air will – among other … |
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More proof of hygiene theory – exposure to microbes help kids breathe better
Natural News.com (NaturalNews) More and more children in Europe are being diagnosed with asthma. But not all youngsters are equally at risk. Curiously, a new epidemiological study just published in The New England Journal of Medicine shows that children living on farms … Kids breathe easier on farms |
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Trouble In The Air: Warmer Temperatures Lengthen Midwest Ragweed Pollen Season
Natural Resources Defense Council (blog) If these warming trends continue (as they're projected to) under a changing climate, the health of people with severe allergies or asthma could really suffer. For me, watery, itchy eyes, a runny nose, sneezing and congestion, is a treatable nuisance, … Study: Global warming linked to longer pollen season Climate Change Extending Ragweed Season in Colder Climes: Study Climate Change Extends Allergy Season in North America |
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Supporting Polluters Over Kids, Part II: Senate Edition
Natural Resources Defense Council (blog) For instance, Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee scoffed at the notion that climate change could impact asthma sufferers, saying “The NRDC's connection between … |
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Sen. Scott Brown: Stand Up for Clean Air, Not Polluters
Natural Resources Defense Council (blog) A lot of people in Massachusetts suffer from asthma, the disease that makes it hard to breathe, sends kids gasping for breath to the emergency room and can … NRDC/Environment Massachusetts Radio Ads Call on Bay State Residents to Tell … |
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