Proclamation
WHEREAS, Asthma has reached epidemic proportions in the United States, affecting almost 25 million people; andWHEREAS, Asthma is one of the leading causes of childhood hospitalizations, long-term illness, and school absenteeism, accounting for nearly 10.5 million missed school days each year; andWHEREAS, Each year nearly 2 million people are rushed to the emergency room from asthma; andWHEREAS, Asthma is a long-term, inflammatory disease in which the airways of the lungs constrict, causing wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness, and coughing; andWHEREAS, Exposure to allergens and irritants such as dust mites, mold, cockroaches, pet danger, and secondhand smoke can bring on an asthma episode; andWHEREAS, Secondhand smoke worsens children's asthma in up to one million children; andWHEREAS, There are simple steps people can take to reduce their exposure to environmental asthma triggers; andWHEREAS, The City of Mobile and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency are encouraging Americans to identify and reduce their exposures to environmental triggers in homes and schools, and incorporate environmental controls into their asthma management plans; now therefore let it beRESOLVED, That I, Samuel L. Jones, Mayor of the City of Mobile, along with the Mobile City Council, do hereby proclaim May 2012 asASTHMA AWARENESS MONTH
in the City of Mobile.Done at the City of Mobile Alabama This 22nd day of May 2012,Samuel L. Jones, Mayor
For more information about
- Children's EPA, sponsor of the above proclamation, visit http://www.childrensepa.org,
- Asthma Community Network, sponsor of May is Asthma Awareness Month, visit http://www.asthmacommunitynetwork.org/
- Toxic Justice: A teacher's true story of her toxic injury and epic battle for justice, visit http://www.toxicjustice.com and the book Toxic Justice visit Toxic Justice - Nancy Swan
- Toxic Justice: Chapter One, visit Toxic Justice Chapter 1 - Nancy Swan
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Thank you for visiting the blog for Children's EPA,
Nancy Swan,
Director, Children's Environmental Protection Alliance ( Children's EPA)
Author, Toxic Justice, soon to be published
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