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Asthma Triggers Affects Nearly 25 Million People in The U.S. | |
by Dr. Rajiv Sahay, CIAQP, Director of EDLab
Top Story -- TransWorldNews
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is commemorating World Asthma Day by bringing awareness to a growing nationwide problem. Asthma has consistently increased over the past decade with more than 4 million additional cases reported, including nearly 1 million additional cases reported in children. One out of every 10 school aged children is affected and approximately 13 million people have reported having an asthma attack in the past year. EPA is taking action
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Allergy and Respiratory Infections in Infants - Effects of Tobacco Smoke, Mold, and Older Sibling | |
by Jocelyn M. Biagini, MS and Grace LeMasters, Ph.D. - University of Cincinnati |R01ES11170 and T32ES10957
Exposure to environmental tobacco smoke increases an infant's risk of developing allergic rhinitis by almost three-fold, report NIEHS grantee Grace LeMasters and trainee Jocelyn Biagini in the June issue of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology. The epidemiologic study was conducted with a group of 633 infants less than oneyear of age and is the first to show the relationship between exposure to tobacco smoke and allergy in this age group. The researchers also found that exposure to mold in the home is associated with increased risk of upper respiratory infections but not allergy, which differs from previously reported research in older children and adults.
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| 1 in 12 Americans Have Asthma... and Number is Rising Rates among black children up 50 percent in a decade, CDC reports | |
by Julie Steenhuysen | Reuters
CHICAGO - About 25 million Americans, or 1 in 12 people, have asthma, a figure that is rising despite efforts to control key asthma triggers such as indoor smoking, U.S. government researchers said Tuesday. 
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an additional 4.3 million people were diagnosed with asthma from 2001 to 2009. The life-long disease causes wheezing, tightness in the chest, coughing and shortness of breath...
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Mold Forces 91-Year-Old Vet Out of Home; Volunteers Reach Out to Help | |
by Justin Hanson | WMC-TV
The World War II veteran is moving back into his house, after being forced out several weeks ago because of a mold problem. "Green living mold," said friend Gary Clemmons. "It was devastating, it really was." Clemmons ran into Fulcher at a local gas...
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| HarrisMartin's Mold Update Wis. Condo Developers Lose Bid to File Cross-Claims Against Co-Defendants | by HarrisMartin Publishing - Mold
A Wisconsin appellate court has affirmed an order preventing the developers of an allegedly leaky condominium building from filing cross-claims against the development's architects, construction manager and structural engineers...
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