Letter: Save the air
- Abstract
Lance Boucher of the American Lung Association addressed State House legislators on June 1 to discuss why the ALA endorses the Clean Power Plan.Boucher discussed the ALA “2016 State of the Air Report,” which measured the two most widespread air pollutants – ozone and particle pollutants – both dangerous to public health. There are still 52 percent of Americans who live in counties with unhealthy levels of ozone and particle pollution.Ozone is a powerful respiratory irritant that poses serious health threats, especially for those with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Orange ozone days mean that the air quality is unhealthy for young children with developing lungs, older citizens, those with respiratory or cardiovascular disorders and even healthy adults who work or exercise outdoors.
- Resource Type
- Opinion/editorial
- Author
- Concord Monitor
- Date
- June 13, 2016
- Organization Type
- News
- Health and Human Impact
- Respiratory disease
- Climate and Environmental Impact
- Air pollution
- Emission Sources
- Conventional energy Energy Conventional
- Fossil Fuels
- Coal Natural gas
- Solution
- Climate mitigation/GHG reduction
- Region
- Northeast
- Other
- Advocacy US policy Policy United states