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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.

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.

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.

G G. Air pollution is a serious health threat.

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!

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.

Brennah R. I'm Brennah and I am a current Oregon Kid Governor Cabinet member. My platform is Air Pollution.

R B. I’ve had asthma as a child. I’ve lived in small “towns” which by the most recent census rules are our ally urban areas most of my life except for a few years in elementary in the late 80s and early 90s when we lived in round rock and Austin, TX.

Rona W. My journey has been one of hope, gratitude, and self-advocacy.

Isabella C. On my fourteenth birthday, a family friend gifted me a “learn how to knit” set.

Glenna M. My Lung Force Hero story is written on behalf of my family, as lung cancer has had a profound impact on us and has become our family’s legacy.

Regina B. I started smoking at 17 and smoked for the next 18 years. I quit in April 2007, at the request of my 12 year old daughter.

Jenny W. My lung story is multifaceted. I have served as a minister for over twenty years.

Nancy S. Hearing the word cancer is scary – hearing the diagnosis of lung cancer was terrifying.