Environmental Health

March 16, 2012

According to First Lady Michelle Obama, in a piece she wrote for the Healthy Child Healthy World book , when her daughter Malia was about three years old, they took a family outing to the circus where Malia’s breathing became more and more strained. The Obamas rushed her to the emergency room where...

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Rachel Sarnoff

March 16, 2012

Around 11 p.m. most nights I find myself standing at the foot of each of my three boys’ beds. I stand and I listen. Sometimes it’s hard to hear over the roar of the heat or the drone of the fan, but I don’t leave until the sound I’m waiting for is confirmed. I patiently stay until I hear the air...

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Lori Popkewitz Alper

Environmental Health

March 16, 2012

LAWRENCE — The American Lung Association released a new report, Luchando por el Aire : The Burden of Asthma on Hispanics, which provides an overview of the complex biological, environmental, political and cultural factors that increase asthma’s burden on the Hispanic population in Massachusetts and...

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Rumbo News

Environmental Health

March 16, 2012

I wrote this post ,on my phone, this morning at 2:25 . It’s 2 in the morning and I just gave my son his asthma medicine. 2 puffs of Albuterol. Out of nowhere, he started to cough in the middle of his sleep. The first cough woke me up and the first thing that came to my mind was, seriously ? You...

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Liz Cerezo

Environmental Health

March 16, 2012

The other day I finally went on a long-overdue walk in my neighborhood. The sun was shining, the birds chirping, I passed two fishermen in their boat… I took a deep breath and was really enjoying myself, thinking that I need to do this more often, when a big diesel truck drove into the street I was...

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Dagmar Bleasdale

Environmental Health

March 16, 2012

As the summer of 2011 goes down in the record books as being the summer of the most extreme weather and natural events — months of consecutive days in the triple digits, unprecedented flooding in the northeast, severe drought in the southwest, tornados, hurricanes, earthquakes, etc. – most people...

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Arturo Sandoval

Environmental Health Health Care

March 16, 2012

Today, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the adoption of historic safeguards against mercury and other toxic air pollution which will help to protect our children from increased risk of brain damage, cerebral palsy and other neuro-developmental problems. The Mercury and Air Toxics...

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Adrianna Quintero

Environmental Health

March 16, 2012

1. Our kids are hurt by dirty air. We need to protect them, like we do by buckling them up in car seats. The numbers are staggering. Each day in America : *40,000 people miss school or work due to asthma. *30,000 people have an asthma attack. *5,000 people visit the emergency room due to asthma. *1...

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Katy Farber

Environmental Health Health Care

March 16, 2012

It’s just the beginning of hot weather across many northern states, but time to recall what rising temperatures do to air quality. Heat worsens air pollution, which harms health in ways that are measurable and pose concerns for society’s most vulnerable, especially children. Warmer temperatures...

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Kim Knowlton

Environmental Health

March 15, 2012

Most of us Moms wear jewelry, not necessarily fancy, diamond studded jewelry, just everyday jewelry that brightens up our look a bit. We aren’t surprised when our jewelry ends up in our kids’ mouths every once in a while. Most babies think necklaces make excellent teethers! But, what happens if...

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