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If Kids Could Vote, Clean Air Would Rule the Day

Our society goes to great lengths to protect children’s health, from fancy car seats to an elaborate system of recalls on any faulty children’s products. And why shouldn’t we take extra precautions to protect the most vulnerable among us and our future? Somehow when it comes to protecting children...

How Michelle Obama Copes With Asthma

According to First Lady Michelle Obama, in a piece she wrote for the Healthy Child Healthy World book , when her daughter Malia was about three years old, they took a family outing to the circus where Malia’s breathing became more and more strained. The Obamas rushed her to the emergency room where...

Hispanics in Massachusetts Burdened by Asthma

LAWRENCE — The American Lung Association released a new report, Luchando por el Aire : The Burden of Asthma on Hispanics, which provides an overview of the complex biological, environmental, political and cultural factors that increase asthma’s burden on the Hispanic population in Massachusetts and...

Raising a Tree Hugger

The other day I finally went on a long-overdue walk in my neighborhood. The sun was shining, the birds chirping, I passed two fishermen in their boat… I took a deep breath and was really enjoying myself, thinking that I need to do this more often, when a big diesel truck drove into the street I was...