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My neighbors burn straight coal in their wood burners, my mom lives next door and has COPD. 

In Nevada, where my boyfriend and I live, we don't have as many non-smoking rights as some other states, and people of course are allowed to smoke in casinos, and some multi-unit condos.

Hello, my name is Jennifer. I'm 39-years-old and I suffer from severe asthma and COPD.

When the air quality is poor, it makes me...

I was born to a 13-year-old girl who received no prenatal care in August of 1978 in Baltimore, MD. My awesome parents then adopted me at 9-months-o...

My mother died from pulmonary fibrosis. It is a particularly miserable disease that is almost always caused by environmental factors. She suffered ...

Why would anyone want to take away the clean air we breathe? Our government runs an air monitoring system that records our air pollution. If the ai...

I have emphysema, as well as chronic bronchitis. I smoked for 30 years and quit in 1992. I went to my family doctor in 2000, because I was having t...

I live in Idaho County and work in Nez Perce County. We see the airplanes dipping between the hills spraying the fields during the spring and fall ...

I have COPD and dirty air worsens my condition making it harder to breathe. I also work with ill elderly patients. Breathing becomes difficult for the...

I grew up and still live in Orange County, CA. I have asthma which has worsened with age and struggle with breathing daily, especially during the s...

I suffer from unstable angina and asthma. Just walking to get my mail is a struggle. I fight for clean air, because my life depends on it. I have no f...

I am a severe asthmatic, and since I moved from the UK to Takoma Park, MD, fifteen years ago my asthma has become considerably worse. The air here on ...

My husband is a disabled veteran. He was exposed to burn pits while in Afghanistan, as well as being run over by a 4-ton truck. He is only 30-years...

I have COPD, which upsets me, because I have never in my life smoked a cigarette....