This article was written by Arian T. Moore for EnlivenMagazine: I never knew how serious asthma was until recently. Growing up, one of my best friends had asthma. I had no idea what it was. I only knew that she had to use some kind of pump and that her mom, who was an avid …

Right now, race is such a political powder keg. By everyone’s measure, we are at a surprisingly tense place in our history when it comes to race and racism. It is surprising because upon the election of the country’s first Black president, many of us thought it would be a turning point into post-racialism. But …

This infographic was cross-posted from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: PLEASE TAKE ACTION WITH MOMS CLEAN AIR FORCE

Queridos hijos, I’ve never been one to care too much about celebrations like Mother’s Day. I feel they are way too commercialized and too much effort is put into material gifts. Plus, my dad — your abuelito — used to say that Mother’s Day is everyday! But I guess you’re too young to understand any of that. …

This post is from Voces Verdes: Voces Verdes, Presente, the National Hispanic Medical Association, their allies and members applauded the Environmental Protection Agency’s and Obama Administration’s release of a proposal to limit industrial carbon pollution from new power plants, which is critical to protecting public health. “Power plants release more than two billion tons of …

Last week, new research was posted online linking a type of air pollution to behavioral problems in children. The study, from Columbia University’s School of Public Health, followed inner city children exposed to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), a type of pollution resulting from the incomplete combustion of fossil fuels like diesel, gas, and coal. Researchers measured …

This article is written by Kay Lazar for the Boston Globe:  Hospitalizations for asthma have been dramatically cut by a program that helps families reduce the conditions that trigger attacks, saving $1.46 in hospital care for every $1 spent on prevention, according to a Children’s Hospital Boston study being released today. The hospital’s program, the …

When my friend Amy asked me if I’d be interested in writing for a mom’s blog about clean air, my first reply was, “No, thanks. It’s not my thing.” Ironically, I think of myself as an activist, mother and nature lover, but being an advocate for environmental issues seemed like it fell outside of my …

There was a major clean air victory in Chicago this week. Advocates fought for more than a decade to close two of the oldest and dirtiest coal-fired plants. This was also a significant win for the children of Chicago’s Latino community. Both plants are located near Latino neighborhoods. Nationally, one in ten children suffer from …

This article was written by Fred Mogul for WNYC: Newborn infants of some immigrant mothers from the Caribbean have relatively high mercury levels in their blood. A new study looked at the habits of pregnant women in central Brooklyn and found 16 percent of their babies’ umbilical cords had enough mercury to land in the U.S. …