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Health of the Air Report: Air Pollution Is Damaging Our Health

Web1.5 Million Moms. We are a community of over 1.5 million moms and dads united against air pollution and committed to fighting for climate safety to protect our children’s health.

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Particle Pollution and Your Health

WebThe NAAQS include both annual standards, which set a health-based limit of pollution exposure in a year, and 24-hour standards, which set a health-based limit for pollution exposure within a single day. Right now, the NAAQS allow an annual PM2.5 standard of 12.0 micrograms per cubic meter (μg/m3) and a 24-hour standard of 35 μg/m3.

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How Air Pollution Harms Your Body

WebAir pollution gets into your blood and affects your heart. Air pollution can cause changes in the system that controls how your heart beats. This can cause the heartbeat to become irregular (an arrhythmia). A narrowing in the blood vessels of …

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How Diesel Pollution Affects Your Health

WebIn addition to causing short-term problems like coughing, headaches, and nausea, breathing diesel exhaust can damage both the lungs and the heart, and it has been linked to very serious health problems. Children, the elderly, and people with health problems are especially vulnerable to the impacts of diesel pollution. Cancer.

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10 Things to Know About Climate, Clean Air, and Health Equity

Web4. WORSENED ASTHMA. Black children are five times more likely to be hospitalized with asthma than non-Hispanic white children, and eight times more likely to die from asthma.6Air pollution can exacerbate asthma, and climate change is increasing the risk of unhealthy air quality.7 . 5.

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Health Impacts of Extreme Heat

WebMental health impacts: . Extreme heat has been linked to higher rates of emergency room visits for mental health conditions, including substance abuse, anxiety, and mood disorders.4. Increased violence: Rising temperatures are associated with an increase in violent crimes, including gender-based violence.5.

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Health Impacts of Hurricanes

WebLong-lasting effects. The indirect health impacts of hurricanes may even last years after a storm. A decade after Hurricane Katrina, researchers at Tulane University documented a threefold increase in heart attacks among those who lived through the storm. 14 Nearly 10% of children who directly experienced Hurricane Katrina showed significant emotional …

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Low Indoor Humidity Could Increase Your Child's Virus Risks

Web1.5 Million Moms. We are a community of over 1.5 million moms and dads united against air pollution and committed to fighting for climate safety to protect our children’s health.

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Lancet Countdown 22: Health & Climate Change

WebA few years into paying attention to major climate reports, I’ve learned to brace myself for the bad news with small measures of comfort. I settled in to read this year’s 2022 Lancet Countdown report—an annual report on climate change and health from the world’s leading public health experts—with a cup of pumpkin spice tea and a cozy …

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Petrochemicals Create Plastic Pollution and Impact Health

WebThe ubiquity of plastics and other petrochemicals comes at a steep cost to our health, especially for those living near production and processing facilities. People living near petrochemical production facilities have higher risk of numerous types of cancer, adverse birth outcomes, asthma and respiratory illness, and kidney disease.

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Hurricanes Are Getting More Dangerous

Web1.5 Million Moms. We are a community of over 1.5 million moms and dads united against air pollution and committed to fighting for climate safety to protect our children’s health.

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Moms Clean Air Force: Fighting Air Pollution & Climate Change

WebOn February 8, 2024, Moms Clean Air Force hosted our inaugural Climate Disruption, Air Pollution, and Young People’s Health event, which brought together experts focusing on the challenges and solutions surrounding climate change and children’s health. Speakers included EPA Administrator Michael Regan, Chelsea Clinton, White House CEQ Chair

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24 Hours of Soot

WebShort-term exposure to high levels of soot can cause serious health impacts. In a day, a spike in soot pollution can affect your lungs, heart, and brain. A spike in soot pollution can affect the health of developing babies.

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Interview: Dr. Leonardo Trasande on Hormone-Disrupting Chemicals

WebDr. Trasande was kind enough to answer my questions about how chemical exposures play a role in the health and welfare of our children here: You open the book on a playground in NYC in the 1960’s, and describe what the physical and mental attributes of the children look like. Then you imagine the same playground in 2019.

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Ozone Pollution 101

WebDon’t confuse your ozones. Ground-level ozone is different from the stratospheric ozone miles above the Earth. Stratospheric ozone is good; it is even sometimes referred to as Earth’s sunscreen because it filters the sun’s ultraviolet radiation, reducing its harmful effects at the surface of the Earth.

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ALA's State of the Air Report: Americans Are Breathing Diry Air

WebThe American Lung Association released its 20 th State of the Air Report this week, updating its rating of air quality across the country and grading cities for air quality for the years 2015-2017. The report covers the three warmest years in modern history, and shows a troubling trend of declining air quality in the US.

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Black Women for Wellness: Taking Aim at the Beauty Industry

WebMany of the beauty products marketed to women of color contain high levels of toxic chemicals that cause cancer and reproductive harm. Black Women for Wellness, a health advocacy nonprofit based in Los Angeles, aims to change that by educating and mobilizing Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) to fight back.I interviewed Dr. …

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Climate Anxiety: Strategies for Self Care in the Face of Climate News

WebThe first time I tripped and fell into a hole of climate despair was in the fall of 2018, after a slew of frightening headlines announced the findings of a special report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (commonly known as the IPCC).

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Indigenous People and Air Pollution in the United States

WebA Report from the National Tribal Air Association and Moms Clean Air Force. The total number of Indigenous people in the United States is between 2.5 and 6 million, of which 20% live on Tribal lands or in Alaska Native villages. There are 574 federally recognized Tribes, but this number does not account for the total number of Indigenous groups

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Artificial Turf: Reducing Your Exposure to Its Toxic Chemicals

WebThe CPSC recommends the following steps to limit exposureto potentially hazardous chemicals on rubber-surfaced playgrounds and artificial turf fields: . Avoid mouth contact with playground surfacing materials, including mouthing, chewing, or swallowing playground rubber. Avoid eating food or drinking beverages while directly on playground

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