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Enter if You Dare: 6 Spooky Things Lurking Inside Your Home
Ghosts and ghouls, monsters and witches—Halloween is the time to celebrate all things that go bump in the night. But what if there’s something even scarier living inside your home? Indoor air pollutants can put your health at risk, regardless of the season.Related Topic: Healthy Air
To Protect Marylanders' Health, Defend Clean Car Standards
The latest threat to our health is the effort to roll back federal clean car standards that limit vehicle pollution. Read why this Maryland physician is asking leaders to fight back.Related Topic: Healthy Air
Tell EPA: Protect Science to Protect Health
Science is under attack and so are pollution limits that protect our health. EPA is knowingly trying to limit the science the agency can use in order to protect industry profits, at the expense of Americans' health.
Sharks Need Oxygen Too
One thing you might not know about sharks is that, like humans, they need oxygen to stay alive. And, like humans, what they breathe is under threat from the same, growing concern.
'State of the Air': Most Polluted Cities, Then and Now
For 19 years, the American Lung Association's "State of the Air" report has tracked air quality across America, chronicling our nation's progress in making our air cleaner and healthier. Over the years, the report has celebrated the reduction of harmful air pollution to the Clean Air Act.
Earth Day Checklist: 5 Ways You Can Help the Planet and Lung Health by Reducing Air Pollution
Clean, healthy air is essential to protecting public health and the environment. Air pollution can trigger asthma attacks, send people to the hospital, shape how kids' lungs develop and can even be deadly. Thanks to safeguards put in place under the Clean Air Act over the last 49 years, our country has made progress in cleaning up and limiting harmful air pollution. But there’s still much work to do before everyone has healthy air to breathe.Related Topic: Healthy Air
In Case You Missed It: EPA Proposes to Revoke Limit Oil & Gas Pollution Protections
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed to revoke clean air protections that limit oil and gas pollution. As they continue to move forward with rollbacks that have damaging consequences for the health of all Americans, it raises the question, what exactly is the EPA protecting?Related Topic: Healthy Air
Getting Clean Air to Help Communities Devastated by Wildfire
At 2 a.m. on the morning of October 9, I was awakened by a text message from my daughter with the frightening words, "We're evacuating." It would be a day of panic, disbelief and heartbreak as fires tore through Santa Rosa and other communities just north of San Francisco.
What You Need to Know About Your Wood-Burning Stove and Heater
Thinking of curling up with a mug of hot cocoa and a good book in front of a roaring fire? Indoor wood-burning stoves and heaters may have a quaint and traditional feel, but they produce harmful toxins that can damage your lungs and air quality indoors and outdoors.Related Topic: Healthy Air
A Homeowner's Guide: Steps to Test & Reduce Your Exposure to Radon
When it comes to owning a home, there are a litany of "honey do's" but there is one item on the list you should not miss: a radon test. If you aren't familiar with radon, here's the scoop.Related Topic: Healthy Air
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