Wednesday, September 15, 2004

Buses retrofitted to reduce asthma aggravating emissions Diesel particulate emissions are classified as a probable carcinogen and are known to exacerbate the symptoms of asthma, according to the EPA. New Haven students suffer from disproportionately high levels of asthma, said Yuland Daley, the asthma coordinator for the New Haven Health Department. 18 percent of students in New Haven have asthma, compared with an approximately nine percent rate of infection in the rest of Connecticut. "It's important to have policies and programs to help our children," said Daley, who also highlighted the difficulties faced by those students who lack health coverage. 10:44:22 PM    comment [] Allergic disease, including allergic asthma, is the country's most common and costly illness ...and other interesting allergy/asthma factoids. Are they accurate? I don't know. 11:31:19 AM    comment []

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