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Residents seek meeting with coke plant officials
Pittsburgh Post Gazette Residents of municipalities downwind from the Shenango Coke Works on Neville Island are concerned about the company's long history of air pollution violations and childhood asthma levels in the Northgate School … Residents Hand-Deliver Letter to Coke Plant Asking for Face-to-Face Meeting |
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Bellevue Council President Responds To High Asthma Numbers In Students
WTAE Pittsburgh Last month, Team 4's Jim Parsons reported that 37 percent of students in the Northgate School District have asthma, according to information from the Pennsylvania Department of Health. "I was absolutely stunned, and I thought something needs to be done … |
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Asthma camp coming to Duquesne University
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review By Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Duquesne University will host a free asthma camp for children 5 to 17 years from 9 am to 2 pm Saturday at the AJ Palumbo Center, Uptown. The university is partnering with Allegheny General Hospital and For Your Good Health, … |
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Meat Loaf Faints During Pittsburgh Concert…and Goes On With the Show
E! Online According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, an asthma attack got the better of the performer. Medics quickly hopped on stage and helped him regain consciousness, and the 63-year-old rocker was back on his feet and going on with the show just 10 minutes … Meat Loaf Passes Out on Stage, Finishes Show Meat Loaf finishes show after fainting on stage Meat Loaf finishes show after fainting on stage |
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EPA Grants $1 Million to University of Pittsburgh for asthma study
U.S. EPA.gov (press release) Scientists at the University of Pittsburgh and other institutions will coordinate efforts to determine and understand the effects of air pollution on childhood asthma when combined with social stressors such as poverty and violence. … |
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Parent urges East Allegheny board to bring nurse back
Pittsburgh Post Gazette The fourth-grader must be placed on a nebulizer machine, which blows warm mist and medicine into his lungs, within about one minute of the start of an asthma attack. When he has an attack, he can't breathe in enough air for a simple … |
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Asthma patients recruited for vitamin D study
Pittsburgh Post Gazette The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center is recruiting nonsmoking adults with asthma for a study that will help determine whether vitamin D enhances asthma treatment with inhalers by reducing inflammation. … |
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Pollution rules could be eased despite increase in asthma
Pittsburgh Post Gazette s Clairton Coke Works, have asthma rates 300 to 400 percent higher than national rates, convincing district officials to install air filtration systems in school buildings. But studies show high rates of asthma prevail throughout southwestern … Nurses to Congress: Blocking EPA Will Worsen Asthma 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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Groups say asthma cases will rise if EPA rules blocked
Pittsburgh Post Gazette A study released today says asthma cases nationwide will accelerate along with health-care costs if Congress blocks the US Environmental Protection Agency from implementing new air-pollution rules. … Protecting our air and public health As I See It | Reducing toxins would be a step toward a healthier KC Congress Urged to Uphold the Clean Air Act |
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Balancing Act: Special-needs children put extra pressure on working parents
Pittsburgh Post Gazette ESPN commentator and former tennis star Mary Joe Fernandez remembers the day she learned her son had asthma. … |
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