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I find it hard to believe that complacency has won out. I have lived in NM for 22 years. The biggest problem is that polluted air from Las Cruces and El Paso blow are way.

I have emphysema. I moved from Brooklyn, New York thinking that the Garden State would have cleaner air. Little did I know that New Jersey is ...

My name is Bill Dusold and I am a 47-year-old male. I was diagnosed with asthma in 2006 and 2018. I have mild asthma and I use a nebulizer machine ...

In the northern part of Staten Island, north of the expressway, the terrace to the ferry, we are regularly, depending on the direction of the wind, hit with a noxious chemical smell, which causes chest issues, nausea, and headaches.

I am a 71-year-old senior living on social security in government assisted rental apartment in Oscoda, Michigan.

I recently moved out of Manhattan to Warwick, N.Y.  in Orange County. One of the reasons I moved is that I wanted to spend less time in the ci...

This picture was taken after a normal race night 100 yards from the track.

I lived in some places with pretty bad air. The San Francisco Bay Area was where I spent my childhood and youth. I'm old enough, that I was breathi...

For several years, my husband and I have attempted - without success - to obtain assistance in rectifying what has become a serious concern in our small city: pollution from wood-burning backyard firepits. 

Clean air to me is a right that was taken away from me as a child. My family all smoked around me and it made me sick.

I want people to breathe clean air free of diesel fumes from trucks, cars, and busses. I want to see more natural gas cars and hopefully, more fuel...

My husband and I both have asthma. We live in a rural area (Ghent, NY) and we are surrounded by people who use indoor wood stoves all winter long. ...

As an avid runner, I notice when the air gets smoggy. I am lucky enough to not have any breathing issues normally, but I worry about the long-term ...

I had open heart surgery when I was 80 to repair a heart valve and have trouble breathing when the air is smoky or smoggy.

Due to systemic lupus affecting my lungs (pleurisy) and adult-onset asthma, I am forced to stay at home on days when the air quality is bad. Thank ...