Shared Air Quality Stories
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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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Laura K.
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Barbara J. Thank you for being available and transparent, and honest. Our air quality is experiencing something unusual.
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Eugenia S. Today I emailed four local news channels in Tucson, 4, 9, 11 and 13, asking them to post air quality numbers, along with the temperatures in TV weather reports.
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Deyne M. I was born downwind of oil refineries, along the Delaware River, outside of Philadelphia. This was in 1947, and there were no regulations about filtering the stacks, which put forth quantities of particles in the air.
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Debra P. I have had COPD for more than five years. I had to retire early because of this disease.
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Mark E. I would be elated if we could go back to the 55mph limit!!! As it is, I do drive at that speed and stay 5mph slower in town.
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Amanda D. 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.
