Shared Stories
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Erin G. Over the course of 2017, my sister and best friend, Meghan, was diagnosed with three serious ailments in succession: an autoimmune disease, Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, and a rare and aggressive lung disease (bronchiolitis obliterans).
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Chris S.
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Wendy S. Nine years have passed since my sister and best friend, Nikki, passed away from metastasized lung cancer. She was diagnosed with Carcinosarcoma, so rare that MD Anderson did not have a team for this type of cancer.
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Roy W. My lung cancer story started nine years ago. I had been treated for an upper respiratory infection and most of it had cleared up except for a persistent cough.
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Mark C. I’m 58 years old and started smoking at age of 16. I would quit for a couple years a couple of times.
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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.
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Rachel L. I currently work as a public health professional in Los Angeles County, but what originally sparked my interest in working in public health was growing up near Richmond, California.
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Michelle C. Ever since a weatherization program had completed energy efficiency updates to my home, strange things started to occur.
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Christopher F. I am 36-years-old and I was born with lung agenesis, I live in Southeast Texas where the humidity is very high and it's surrounded by refineries polluting the air.
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Queenie B. I lost both of my parents and my brother to the same type of lung cancer.
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Carole S. I had to take my aunt off life support.
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Lisa D. I am a 47-year-old female living in Las Vegas. In Aug 2021, my primary doctor discovered a mass in my right lung via chest X-ray.
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Amanda M. The climate crisis is a health crisis, specifically for our kids. The climate crisis is here and it is harming our health and the health of our children.
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Ashley E. M. Clean air policies are healthy climate policies. As a primary care doctor, I have taken an oath to prevent sickness and to protect human health and safety.
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Bernadette Mae . We are all in this together. Human health is linked to the environment. As a nurse epidemiologist, I see the mounting evidence of the association between air pollution, accelerated climate change, and adverse health effects.
