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Health care professionals: EPA sponsors free, online training on health effects of air particles on children
As part of its commitment to protect children's health, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has joined with the Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry (ATSDR) and the Mid-Atlantic Center for Children’s Health and the Environment to promote a free, on-demand webinar on the effects of particle pollution on children. Particulate matter is the term for solid or liquid ...
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Indoor Environmental Experts Identify Allergen & Asthma Triggers Caused by Common Pest
The mild climate in Puerto Rico and dense population in many of the islands' towns and cities makes the region an ideal environment for cockroaches to flourish. These insects are one of mankind's most commonly found pests. Thousands of species of cockroaches can be found worldwide, but just a handful of the species make up the vast majority of the pests found in homes and buildings across the ...
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World Asthma Day: NIH research advances help people with asthma
Today, the National Institutes of Health joins with public health officials, health organizations, and patient groups around the world to recognize World Asthma Day. As NIH's leading supporters of asthma research, we at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious ...
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Work-Related Asthma and Exposure to Cleaning Products and Disinfectants Discussed in New Video
Today, the IAQ Video Network and Cochrane & Associates announced the release of their latest educational video. Their newest production discusses work-related asthma (occupational asthma) and exposures to cleaning products and disinfectants. “The Work-Related Asthma Prevention Program run by the Occupational Health Branch of the California Department of Public Health reports that it ...
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EPA administrator Lisa Jackson to highlight asthma awareness on may 11 visit to children`s mercy hospital in Kansas city, Mo.
EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson will visit Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics in Kansas City, Mo., on Wednesday, May 11, to highlight May as National Asthma Awareness Month. During her Kansas City visit, Administrator Jackson will share information with the public about EPA’s initiatives to bring awareness to the disease, and will formally recognize the newly established Center ...
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New grants to measure progress of environmental programs in protecting human health
EPA has awarded 10 grants totaling $5 million to universities, state departments of public health and one research institute to develop a new generation of markers or indicators that measure progress in environmental programs in protecting human health. The new projects were awarded through EPA’s Science To Achieve Results research program, and will help environmental managers evaluate the ...
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World Asthma Day: NIH research advances help people with asthma
Statement of Linda S. Birnbaum, Ph.D., director, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and National Toxicology Program; Susan B. Shurin, M.D., acting director, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; and Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Today, the National Institutes of Health joins with public health officials, health ...
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NIH Statement on World Asthma Day 2015
On World Asthma Day 2015, the National Institutes of Health stands with the international community to renew our commitment to advance our understanding of asthma and develop effective strategies to manage and prevent the disease. Within a broad asthma research portfolio, NIH-supported scientists are making progress in understanding how certain exposures—such as to microbes, ...
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Cockroach Allergens & Asthma Triggers Discussed in New Video
Today, the IAQ Video Network and Cochrane & Associates announced the release of their latest educational video. Their newest production discusses how the presence of cockroaches in an indoor environment can cause allergies and trigger asthma attacks in some people. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reports, “Droppings or body parts of cockroaches and other pests can ...
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EPA’s ERMI Fungal Sampling Technology used as a Predictor of Childhood Asthma
A study just published online in the Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology discusses how mold exposure may contribute to the development of childhood asthma. The study was developed to help determine if mold exposures at an early age will lead to the development of asthma. The article, entitled “High environmental relative moldiness index during infancy as a predictor of asthma at 7 ...
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House Dust Allergens Discussed in New Online Video
Today, the IAQ Video Network and Cochrane & Associates announced the release of another online video to help educate the public about issues that may impact their health. Their latest educational video discusses house dust allergens and indoor air quality. Virtually everyone has experienced sneezing, a running nose or itchy eyes after cleaning their home. The condition is often caused ...
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EPA recognizes five organizations for outstanding leadership in asthma care (HQ)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is honoring five organizations with the agency’s 2010 National Environmental Leadership Award in Asthma Management. The recipients have demonstrated outstanding leadership in improving the health of people living with asthma. Twenty-three million people in the United States, including 7 million children, suffer from asthma, which is one of the ...
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Dust Mites, Allergies & Asthma Discussed in New Online Video
Today, the IAQ Video Network and Cochrane & Associates announced the release of another online video to help educate people about issues that may impact their health. Their latest educational video discusses health issues associated dust mites and their connection to indoor allergies and their ability to trigger asthma attacks. One of the most common causes of allergies to house dust is ...
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Work Exposures to Fragrances and Perfumes Could Cause or Exacerbate Asthma Cases in Puerto Rico
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that the asthma rate in Puerto Rico is as high as 19%, while in the rest of the United States the rate is below 8%. Asthma can be caused by exposure to a number of different respiratory allergens and irritants, including perfumes and fragrances in the work environment for some people. For those asthmatics, this would be a form of ...
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Asthma Rates Increasing across the Mid-Atlantic Region
Recently, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announced that an additional 4.3 million people were diagnosed with asthma between 2001 and 2009. These new figures bring the total number of asthma suffers in the United States to approximately 1 in 12 or 25 million people. "Despite the fact that outdoor air quality has improved, we've reduced two common asthma triggers - secondhand smoke ...
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How Exposure to Disinfectants and Cleaning Products Could Trigger Work-Related Asthma
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) describes work-related asthma as a lung disease caused or made worse by exposures to substances in the workplace. Common workplace exposures that can cause the condition include contact with dust, mold, animals, plants and various chemicals. These include some of the chemical compounds used in cleaning products and disinfectants. In fact, ...
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Occupational Asthma and Identifying Respiratory Irritants, Allergens and Asthma Triggers
The New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) reports that in at least one out of every six asthmatics, their condition is caused or made worse by workplace exposures. Occupational asthma, also referred to as work-related asthma, can dramatically impact a person’s quality of life, reduce productivity, and increase costs. The condition is one of the most common occupational lung diseases ...
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Puerto Rico’s IEQ Experts Identify Allergy & Asthma Triggers Caused by Dust Mites
The warm and humid conditions in many parts of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean make for an ideal environment for dust mites. One of the most common causes of allergies to house dust is due to the presence of these tiny eight-legged creatures that are typically too small to see with the naked eye. Many homes and buildings have dust mites and a single gram of dust may have hundreds or more in ...
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Could Dust Mites be Triggering Your Allergies or Asthma?
Lurking in ordinary house dust is one of the most common causes of allergies. Dust mites can be found in most homes and a single gram of house dust may have hundreds or even thousands of dust mites in it. Dust mites are tiny eight-legged creatures that feed on human skin scales that people shed as well as animal dander, fungi, bacteria and pollen. Because they absorb water from the air and their ...
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Identifying Environmental Asthma Triggers in Puerto Rico to Support Asthma Awareness Month
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that asthma is one of the most common lifelong chronic diseases. The agency also states that 1 in 13 Americans (more than 25 million) lives with asthma, a disease affecting the lungs and causing repeated episodes of wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness and coughing. To spread awareness of the disease and steps people can take ...
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