Shared Air Quality Stories
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Sarah M.
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John B.
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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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Rachel S. I live in Kennett Square, PA, "Mushroom capital of the world"
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Sandra P. A company based in Ireland intends to establish a sizable production facility in our vicinity, drawn by the absence of regulatory constraints.
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Amy S. For 30 years as a teacher, I watched more and more of my students begin to require the use of inhalers until my retirement in 2011.
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Alice M.
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Cheri M. I live in what should be a clean area, coastal Encinitas, CA. My worsening asthma has drastically altered my life.
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Cathey I work as a clinic nurse at an elementary school in downtown Houston, Texas. I live in the suburbs, and as I drive into work each day, I see the brown haze that hangs over the city center.
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Colton I need clean air because I have asthma, so pollution makes it tough for me to breathe.
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Alex My name is Alex, and I’m an ambulatory clinical pharmacist working with Phoenix children and families to help them better understand the risks of unhealthy air and take appropriate steps to prevent severe asthma attacks.
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Theresa B. Smoke from burning of any source — including prescribed burns, debris burning, wood stoves, garbage burning and other open burning — has affected my health, causing sinusitis, vocal cord dysfunction, dry eye irritation and lung distress.
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Lydia N. Hi, my name's Lydia. I am in eighth grade right now. I struggle with a chronic lung disease called asthma.
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Rachel G. I used to live in Redlands, California — near San Bernardino in the Los Angeles suburbs, an area known as the Inland Empire — from 2014 to 2022.
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Liz C. I'm a lifelong nonsmoker diagnosed with early COPD. I was diagnosed with asthma 25 years earlier, in my late 30s.
