Shared Air Quality Stories
As a public health professional in Los Angeles, so many of the families I work with have children suffering from asthma or other pollution related issues.
I currently work as a public health professional in Los Angeles County, but what originally sparked my interest in working in public health was growing up near Richmond, California.
Ever since a weatherization program had completed energy efficiency updates to my home, strange things started to occur.
I am 36-years-old and I was born with lung agenesis, I live in Southeast Texas where the humidity is very high and it's surrounded by refineries polluting the air.
I live in South Florida and the air here is horrible at times. Of course, we deal with pollen all the time....
Angela has had to deal with something that no parent wishes to go through: the loss of a child. Her son, Cameron, was just 17 years old when he die...
I have two kids and don't want them to breath this polluted air....
I was surprised to find that Idaho is considered by the American Lung Association to have good quality air. I live in a town situated in the midst ...
When I was 29-years-old, I moved to the most polluted city I'd ever lived in— Salt Lake City, Utah. I could taste it in the air at first, but...
For 30 years as a teacher, I watched more and more of my students begin to require the use of inhalers until my retirement in 2011.
In 2002 my son Sam was born. From the day he was born he wheezed. At 2 months old he had his first major respiratory infection. He continued on for...
I have asthma and cannot go outside when the air is dirty.
Right now, temperatures in Dayton are in the high 90s and we have a smog alert. I...
I have very bad allergies. I live in the Cleveland, Ohio area. I have a family history of congestive heart failure, strokes, high blood pressure, P...
I am 17 years old and a senior in high school. While I am proud to be a student-athlete, another way in which I have come to identify myself is as ...
I live in New York City, but my passion is the great outdoors. I like to run outside, but always feel so winded, even when avoiding the streets and...
