The City Might Not Be To Blame For High Asthma Rates

Started by LinksEtc, January 21, 2015, 08:06:49 PM

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LinksEtc

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"The City Might Not Be To Blame For High Asthma Rates"
http://tinyurl.com/lnm4zb3


QuoteWe found that living in an inner-city area was actually not a big risk factor for having asthma
QuoteWhen they dived in to isolate the actual risks, they found that poverty itself was an overwhelming factor, along with African-American or Puerto Rican heritage.





CMdeux

Thanks for this posting, Links-- I had heard some rumblings about this one late last year.

Resistance isn't futile.  It's voltage divided by current. 


Western U.S.

LinksEtc

Here's another ...

"Asthma is not more prevalent in the inner city, researchers say"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2015/01/20/asthma-is-not-more-prevalent-in-the-inner-city-researchers-say/

QuoteFor African-Americans and Puerto Ricans, higher risk of asthma may be genetic, Keet said. For the poor, it may be stresses such as exposure to mouse and cockroach allergens, cigarette smoke, a higher rate of pre-term births and more maternal stress, she said.

LinksEtc

#3
Tweeted by @ckeet

QuoteI definitely disagree with this interpretation of our findings about asthma prevalence @thehill: thehill.com/blogs/congress...

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Tweeted by @eliza68

QuoteOur study's findings (bit.ly/1AwiX1F) were twisted 4 politics in this piece: bit.ly/1u1X4Fk @ckeet @rdpeng


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"Upending EPA's science on pollution and asthma"
http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/healthcare/231341-upending-epas-science-on-pollution-and-asthma

QuoteFor years, environmentalists and regulators have cited childhood asthma as an excuse for ever-stricter pollution rules.
QuoteThe study couldn't come at a worse time for the agency. EPA is preparing to tighten national standards for ground-level ozone (the main ingredient in smog) by as much as 20 percent.



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LinksEtc

Tweeted by @eliza68

Quote.@ckeet @rdpeng the twisting was done by this group: huff.to/1lFVoeP

'Environmental Policy Alliance,' PR Firm Front Group, Targets LEED, Green Groups And EPA
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/07/environmental-policy-alliance-berman_n_4913303.html

QuoteA front group for Washington, D.C.-based public relations firm Berman & Company is back with new targets: green buildings, green groups and the Environmental Protection Agency.


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Hard-Nosed Advice From Veteran Lobbyist: 'Win Ugly or Lose Pretty'
Richard Berman Energy Industry Talk Secretly Taped
By ERIC LIPTONOCT. 30, 2014

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/31/us/politics/pr-executives-western-energy-alliance-speech-taped.html?_r=0

QuoteThe company executives, Mr. Berman said in his speech, must be willing to exploit emotions like fear, greed and anger and turn them against the environmental groups.

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  :paddle:  for that group.



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"Clean Power Plan Argument Hinges on Health Benefits"
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/clean-power-plan-argument-hinges-on-health-benefits/

QuoteCorinne Keet, however, rejected Heartland's take on her work. "I did not agree with that interpretation," she said.
QuoteIn addition, a recent paper in the New England Journal of Medicine found that long-term air quality improvements led to "statistically and clinically significant positive effects on lung-function growth in children."





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