Air Pollution and Asthma
What is Asthma?
What are some types of air pollution?
-Ozone: Found in smog in big cities
-Particle Pollution: Found in smoke, dust, and haze
When either are in the air, people with asthma have increased symptoms, and people without asthma can develop symptoms.
Smog
Smoke
Cars
Prevention
- Advocating for cleaner air, even just starting in your own town
- Don't smoke, and avoid people smoking
- Carpool
- Use alternate transportation like walking or biking
- If possible, avoid as many factory-made products
- Recycle plastics to reduce amount of factory needed products
Facts
Work Cited
"Asthma Triggers: Outdoor Air Pollution." EPA. Environmental Protection Agency, 04 Apr. 2012. Web. 06 Apr. 2015. <http://www.epa.gov/asthma/outdoorair.html>.
"Asthma." WHO. World Health Organization, Nov. 2013. Web. 10 Apr. 2015. <http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs307/en/>.
Bastasch, Michael. "Obama: Global Warming Gave My Daughter Asthma." Daily Caller, 08 Apr. 2015. Web. 14 Apr. 2015. <http://dailycaller.com/2015/04/08/obama-global-warming-gave-my-daughter-asthma/>.
"Http://www.epa.gov/airnow/asthma-flyer.pdf." Asthma and Outdoor Air Pollution, EPA-452-F-04-002 (n.d.): n. pag. US Environmental Protection Agency. Web. 04 Apr. 2015.
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