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"The City Might Not Be To Blame For High Asthma Rates"
http://tinyurl.com/lnm4zb3 (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.
Thanks for this posting, Links-- I had heard some rumblings about this one late last year.
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/ (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.
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 (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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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 (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 (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/ (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."