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EPA to Declare Greenhouse Gases a Health Threat
This is a fantastic victory for the environmental community and a giant first step towards regulating carbon dioxide and other emissions. This “proposed finding” comes from a 2007 scientific review ordered by the U.S. Supreme Court. Announcing a proposed finding means the EPA now opens up to a 60-day public comment period, which will end [...] -
Another Coal Lawsuit – South Carolina
Here’s yet another lawsuit trying to stop another dirty, dirty coal-fired power plant from being built. This one’s planned for Florence County, on the banks of a river whose fish already have high mercury levels. Check it out: A lawsuit filed today by the Southern Environmental Law Center on behalf of state and national advocacy [...] -
I Won’t Tell You to Move Here
I think Denver is good for my kid’s asthma. Probably, I shouldn’t write that. Doctors will always tell you the same thing: don’t move somewhere to improve your child’s lung health. It won’t work. Logically, I know that if my kid has persistent asthma, she’s going to have it anywhere, in any climate, at any [...] -
Friday Links – Statins & Asthma Again, Smokefree Workplaces
More on Cholesterol Drugs and Asthma If you read Monday’s post on statin use and reduced asthma hospitalizations, here’s more information on why treatment recommendations won’t change without further research. More 2009 AAAAI Annual Meeting News Researchers presented their statin findings at the American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology’s annual meeting this week. Here’s [...] -
Friday Links – Asthma Communities & Coaches, Breast Cancer
Introducing the Asthma Mom Facebook Page Join us! There are only 5 members (including me) since I set it up last night, so you have a chance to get in on the ground floor. I’m hoping Facebook makes it easier to manage your questions, comments, and input at the same time that it fosters a [...] -
Friday Links – Pollution, Indoor & Out, MRI Lung Images
Feels like a long time since we’ve done this, doesn’t it? Forgive the brief summaries, please. My head continues to spin from this move at the same time that I’m setting up doctors, getting the girls adjusted to their new school (which they love), and continuing to gape in disbelief over the way Colorado so [...] -
Friday Link – AAFA’s 2009 Asthma Capitals
If you follow me on Twitter, you already know why I have just one link today: I’m moving. Most of you have already known I’m moving for awhile now, but only in the far-off, “someday” sense. If you’re new to Asthma Mom, here’s the short version: since last August, I’ve been one of many, many [...] -
Stair Climbs for Lung Research
Pittsburgh’s been in the news a lot lately as one of the study sites for the Reducing particle pollution = Extending lifespans research just published in the New England Journal of Medicine. In a Bloomberg article, I learned this particular city saw such a dramatic improvement in air quality because it shut down the steel [...] -
Good Air, Long Lives
The research out there on air quality generally tracks the health effects of bad air in order to grow the pile of evidence that supports stricter pollution monitoring and restrictions. Just this week, though, the New England Journal of Medicine published a study that puts a more positive spin on the data. This study shows [...] -
A Reader Question – Allergic vs. Intrinsic Asthma
Contrary to what my recent silence in the comments section may have you believe, I do actually read everything you guys post. Here’s proof. Last week, a new commenter left this message on a post about the American Lung Association’s 2008 State of the Air report: Hi ~ I strongly suspect that our son has [...]
