Shared Stories
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Jon S.
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John B.
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Jimmy S. Imagine what it would feel like to take a breath when your lungs were already full of air. Try this. Take in a deep breath. Hold it in for three seconds and don’t exhale. Now try taking another breath, and another one.
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Jill H.
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Janet S. My husband and I live in Elizabeth Township, pa. The CLAIRTON MILL blows across our area, and all of the surrounding areas.
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Janet K. For the past seven months the Army Corps of Engineers, as part of a groin/jetty project in the Rockaways, has put a staging site within 50 feet of my condominium on Beach 116th Street beach area which has 93 apartments.
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Gwendolyn W. I am living in low income housing with a disability and I am a single parent. It seems no one who runs our building has any concern about creating a healthy environment.
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G G. Air pollution is a serious health threat.
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Dianna L. This is about my severe asthma and moderate COPD. Next month I will have my annual breathing test and let the pulmonologist tell me what stage I am in. I haven't smoked cigarettes in 10 years!
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Bryan L. On calm, clear winter nights, our town fills with blue smoke from woodstoves and fireplaces. My eyes burn, head aches and I awake with severe congestion. Some years this happens a few times, but this past year it happened for two months straight.
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Brennah R. I'm Brennah and I am a current Oregon Kid Governor Cabinet member. My platform is Air Pollution.
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R B. I’ve had asthma as a child. I’ve lived in small “towns” which by the most recent census rules are our ally urban areas most of my life except for a few years in elementary in the late 80s and early 90s when we lived in round rock and Austin, TX.
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Rona W. My journey has been one of hope, gratitude, and self-advocacy.
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Isabella C. On my fourteenth birthday, a family friend gifted me a “learn how to knit” set.
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Glenna M. My Lung Force Hero story is written on behalf of my family, as lung cancer has had a profound impact on us and has become our family’s legacy.
