Asthma

6 Tips To Improve Indoor Air Quality

BY Lori Popkewitz Alper ON January 29, 2013

Just outside my window the ground is covered with a light dusting of fresh snow. Last check, the outdoor thermometer read a chilly 2 degrees Fahrenheit. Keeping the doors and windows tightly closed is a necessity as the winter months settle in. According to the...

TOPICS: Asthma, Cancer, EPA, Indoor Air Pollution, Pollution, Pregnancy, Toxics

Toxic Fog Settles Over Salt Lake City

BY Moms Clean Air Force ON January 25, 2013

This Associated Press piece originally appeared on CBS News: A group of Utah doctors is declaring a health emergency over the Salt Lake City area’s lingering air pollution problem. Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment planned to deliver a petition Wednesday demanding immediate action by elected...

TOPICS: Air Pollution, Asthma, EPA, Pollution, Pregnancy, Soot, Utah

No Room For Waste In “Trashed” (video)

BY Marcia G. Yerman ON January 22, 2013

Trashed is a documentary featuring its Executive Producer, actor Jeremy Irons. It examines the encroaching problem of global waste. Director Candida Brady, who describes herself as a childhood asthmatic and a concerned mother, builds a trajectory that illustrates the impact of waste on land, air,...

TOPICS: Activism, Asthma, Clean Air Rules and Regulations, Food, Pollution, Toxics

Union Of Concerned Scientist’s Clean Air Act “Ticker”

BY Moms Clean Air Force ON January 18, 2013

This is from MCAF’s newest partner, Union of Concerned Scientists: The Clean Air Act has a 40-year track record of cutting dangerous pollution to protect human health and the environment. Administered by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), this legislation has prevented thousands of premature deaths and...

TOPICS: Asthma, Cancer, Clean Air Act, Clean Air Rules and Regulations, EPA, Pollution

EPA Tightens Soot Standard – Is It Enough?

BY Moms Clean Air Force ON January 15, 2013

This is a guest post written by Rebecca Cheatham, Clean Air Carolina: First, the good news. On Friday, December 14th, the Environmental Protection Agency strengthened the annual air quality standard for fine particulate matter to 12 micrograms per cubic meter of air (12 µg/m3). This was the...

TOPICS: Asthma, Cancer, Clean Air Rules and Regulations, Economics, Motherhood, North Carolina, Pollution

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