Health Professionals for Clean Air Stories
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Bruce Bekkar, M.D., We must act decisively, and now. The food patients eat, the water they drink, and the air they breathe are all crucial for their well-being.
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Bernadette Mae Longo, PhD, R.N., PHNA-BC, FAAN, 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.
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Ashley E. McClure, MD, FACP, 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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Aparna Bole, M.D., Support clean air policies for our children’s health. As a pediatrician, I am dedicated to ensuring a healthy future for all children.
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Anthony DeLucia, M.D., As a 30-year volunteer of the American Lung Association, including former chairman of the nationwide organization, I understand the threats of air pollution on lung health and the devastating impacts of lung disease on our families and communities.
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Angela Wang, M.D., Climate change is real, it is now. As a mother and pulmonologist, I see the myriad ways through which climate change corrodes the health of not just my patients, but my family, friends, neighbors and community.
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Amanda Millstein, MD, FAAP, 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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Alex Sherriffs, M.D., California's leadership is keeping my patients healthy. Strategies that lower greenhouse gas emissions also lower ozone precursors and the most deadly small particle pollutants.
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Afif El-Hasan, M.D., Cutting emissions today means healthier children tomorrow. Like air pollution, climate change impacts vulnerable populations the most, including our children.
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John R. Balmes, M.D., As a physician and researcher, I know that climate change is an urgent health issue that affects my patients now and future generations.
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John S. Yordy, M.D., Ph.D., , Preserve and protect our clean air. We all depend upon the air we breathe for life.
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Jose Joseph-Vempilly, M.D., We are what we breathe. The Central Valley has been consistently ranked one of the regions with the worst air quality in the nation for over a decade. It's high time we clean up our act and the air we breathe.
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Josephine Mei, M.D., Clean air cannot be taken for granted. The quality of the air we breathe is critical to everyone's health, but in particular, to persons with respiratory and cardiac limitations and to children, who have developing lungs.
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Juanita Mora, MD, We must support action on climate change to protect Latino community.
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Karen Jakpor, M.D., When you can't breathe, nothing else matters. Forget the "controversy"-- fighting for clean air results in reduced greenhouse gas emissions and benefits the health of all.
