Shared Stories
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Shayna R. I was diagnosed with asthma when I was in my mid-20s. Every year I would get this horrible cough for months and there weren't any real answers as to why.
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A H. I have bronchiectasis, with frequent flareups requiring antibiotics. I also have asthma that gets set off when I am sick and when I am around chemicals, campfires and wildfire smoke.
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Rachel S. I live in Kennett Square, PA, "Mushroom capital of the world"
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Janet K. For the past seven months the Army Corps of Engineers, as part of a groin/jetty project in the Rockaways, has put a staging site within 50 feet of my condominium on Beach 116th Street beach area which has 93 apartments.
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S W. In the northern part of Staten Island, north of the expressway, the terrace to the ferry, we are regularly, depending on the direction of the wind, hit with a noxious chemical smell, which causes chest issues, nausea, and headaches.
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Patricia D. For several years, my husband and I have attempted - without success - to obtain assistance in rectifying what has become a serious concern in our small city: pollution from wood-burning backyard firepits.
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G G. Air pollution is a serious health threat.
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Youssef B.
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William D.
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Sandra P. I am a 71-year-old senior living on social security in government assisted rental apartment in Oscoda, Michigan.
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Rosalind B.
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Ronald J. This picture was taken after a normal race night 100 yards from the track.
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Philip R.
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Nakita G. Clean air to me is a right that was taken away from me as a child. My family all smoked around me and it made me sick.
