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Asthma to doule by 2020
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"Steven D. Litvintchouk" >Have there been any reliable studies on correlation between asthma and >*INDOOR* air pollution rates?
Colin Campbell replied: >I don’t know – have you looked any up?
BusinessWeek online this week had a very interesting – and rather scary – report on "sick building syndrome". Check it out at: http://businessweek.com/ (AOLers can access it by going to keyword: "businessweek") WolfKat ^..^ >^^<
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> "Steven D. Litvintchouk" >>Have there been any reliable studies on correlation between asthma and >>*INDOOR* air pollution rates? > Colin Campbell replied: >I don’t know – have you looked any up? > BusinessWeek online this week had a very interesting – and rather scary – > report on "sick building syndrome". Check it out at:
Sick building syndrom != Asthma It is a difrint problem. The buildings that are most comonly effected are educational and office buildings. It refers to (usualy older buildings) that, due primaraly to poor maitanince, have unusualy high levels of mold, mildew, insect dander and chemical fumes in there air, most of which come from heating ducts that have been poorly cleaned and maintained for years. Unsafe asbestose leavels are oftain involved as well The conditions that are usualy associated with it are known as Chronic Fatige(SP) and Multipul Chemical Sensitivety. Chronic Fatige is a syndrom were by for unknown reasons an indevidual tiera easily and quikly from even minor activities. Multipul Chemical sensitivity is were a person becomes hyper sensitive to fumes from man made products/compounds as well as the feumes of a veriety of natural sorces such as ammonia. While an asthmatic may suffer from ether condition nither is the same thing as asthma. As far as busness week is concerned they should be ashaimed that is has taken them this long to do an artical on it. Studies have been doon sence the late 70’s early 80’s and its been well known sence the late 80’s whin several science mags and talk show hosts including Oprah Begain open discusion of the problem. > http://businessweek.com/ > (AOLers can access it by going to keyword: "businessweek") > WolfKat ^..^ >^^<
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And still Congress is giving the diesel folks another six years to do what car drivers have been doing for 25 years — driving "cleaner." The asthma epidemic can be laid at the feet of the diesel industry, it appears to me. If you can find a quote about a carnation, you will be a sensation!
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>And still Congress is giving the diesel folks another six years to do >what car drivers have been doing for 25 years — driving "cleaner." >The asthma epidemic can be laid at the feet of the diesel industry, it >appears to me.
This has been studied. The conclusions were that there is no correlation between air pollution and asthma rates. However there is a correlation between asthma severity and air pollution rates (primarily ozone, particulate and sulphur oxides). "Keep looking below surface appearances. Don’t shrink from doing so (just) because you might not like what you find." General Colin Powell
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> This has been studied. The conclusions were that there is no > correlation between air pollution and asthma rates. However there is > a correlation between asthma severity and air pollution rates > (primarily ozone, particulate and sulphur oxides).
Have there been any reliable studies on correlation between asthma and *INDOOR* air pollution rates? Indoors, with homes and office buildings sealed airtight to save energy, we are exposed to enormous amounts of pollutants, including household chemicals, chemicals outgassed by furnishings, etc. (not to mention the usual allergens). — Steven D. Litvintchouk Disclaimer: As far as I am aware, the opinions expressed herein are not those of my employer.
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>> This has been studied. The conclusions were that there is no > correlation between air pollution and asthma rates. However there is > a correlation between asthma severity and air pollution rates > (primarily ozone, particulate and sulphur oxides). >Have there been any reliable studies on correlation between asthma and >*INDOOR* air pollution rates?
I don’t know – have you looked any up? >Indoors, with homes and office buildings sealed airtight to save energy, >we are exposed to enormous amounts of pollutants, including household >chemicals, chemicals outgassed by furnishings, etc. (not to mention the >usual allergens).
And is there any evidence this causes asthma? "Keep looking below surface appearances. Don’t shrink from doing so (just) because you might not like what you find." General Colin Powell
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I have not found any studies on it, but it would seem logical to me. I know that outdoor air pollution affects me, so why would indoor not have the same affect? – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> This has been studied. The conclusions were that there is no > correlation between air pollution and asthma rates. However there is > a correlation between asthma severity and air pollution rates > (primarily ozone, particulate and sulphur oxides). > Have there been any reliable studies on correlation between asthma and > *INDOOR* air pollution rates? > Indoors, with homes and office buildings sealed airtight to save energy, > we are exposed to enormous amounts of pollutants, including household > chemicals, chemicals outgassed by furnishings, etc. (not to mention the > usual allergens). > — > Steven D. Litvintchouk > Disclaimer: As far as I am aware, the opinions expressed > herein > are not those of my employer.
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> >Have there been any reliable studies on correlation between asthma and >*INDOOR* air pollution rates? > I don’t know – have you looked any up?
Well I thought I would first ask if anyone else had any info. Since they don’t seem to, I think I will check around for myself–I’ll post anything I find. >Indoors, with homes and office buildings sealed airtight to save energy, >we are exposed to enormous amounts of pollutants, including household >chemicals, chemicals outgassed by furnishings, etc. (not to mention the >usual allergens). > And is there any evidence this causes asthma?
I’ll try and find out. — Steven D. Litvintchouk Disclaimer: As far as I am aware, the opinions expressed herein are not those of my employer.
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Asthma cases projected to double by 2020 May 17, 2000 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The number of asthma sufferers in the US are expected to double by the year 2020, affecting 1 in every 14 people and outnumbering the combined projected populations of New York and New Jersey. A report released Tuesday cautions that the federal government is not taking the necessary steps to curb the growing number of asthma cases. "The report documents the well-known fact that we are in the middle of an asthma epidemic, which is getting worse, not better," Dr. Paul Locke, deputy director of the Pew Environmental Health Commission at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health in Baltimore, Maryland, told Reuters Health. "We are really passive witnesses to this unfolding public health catastrophe," he added. —- Visit the Asthma Topic Center —- From 1980-1994 the number of asthma sufferers in the US increased by 75%, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia. Among youngsters under 4 years of age, researchers observed an increase of 160%. This trend continued in 1995, when asthma was the number one reason for school absenteeism–causing 10 million missed school days and almost 2 million visits to hospital emergency rooms. "If rates continue unchecked, a child born a generation from now is twice as likely to develop asthma as a child born today," the researchers state. The number of deaths due to asthma are expected to increase as well, according to the report, from the present 5,000 deaths per year to 10,000 deaths per year by the end of the decade. These factors–school absenteeism, hospital visits, deaths–make asthma an extremely expensive condition, both in terms of its cost to society and its personal cost to asthmatics and their families, Locke noted. The report shows that its current $11 billion cost to society is expected to soar to $18 billion by 2020. While the researchers acknowledge that the Healthy People 2000 project of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) includes an asthma strategy, "it will not be effective in reversing this alarming trend in time," they write. "Fifteen years into this epidemic we are just now beginning to wake up and think about what we need to do," Locke stated. Many of the prevention goals in the HHS project have been met, "except for asthma, where the results were abysmal," Locke explained. And looking at the Healthy People 2010 plan’s section on asthma, "what we have is a focus on treating asthma, but if we don’t do something about preventing the disease, the rates are going to continue to go up," he stressed. An analysis of the 1999 HHS research budget revealed that 70% of the funds designated for asthma were spent on treatment and biomedical research while less than 9% was targeted towards prevention. "Almost nothing is going toward tracking the disease and the exposures, and very little is going toward prevention and discovering the cause of the disease," Locke reiterated. To combat this looming public health epidemic, the Commission calls for prevention efforts by the federal government to "quickly stop new cases of asthma from developing." In addition, the asthma report proposes that the federal government meet the following recommendations: — Establish a nationwide tracking system within 5 years to gather information about asthma trends, environmental causes, etc. — Establish a "9-1-1 Force" at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to investigate asthma deaths. — Develop research programs to identify asthma risk factors, strategies for prevention, and what causes asthma rates to be higher among low-income people and racial/ethnic minorities. — Initiate a public campaign within 2 years that will educate consumers and healthcare professionals on prevention methods and reducing the severity of asthma. — "Give the US Surgeon General the authority and responsibility to marshal all federal efforts, including those of the Department of Health and Human Services, in the War on Asthma." These steps are "vital to an effective War on Asthma," the report states. In addition, the researchers conclude, the actions taken "will begin to build the foundation for our nation’s public health infrastructure–the essential component in preventing other environmentally-related diseases. The full report is available on the Pew Environmental Health Commission Web site, http://pewenvirohealth.jhsph.edu. The commission was created by The Pew Charitable Trusts "to develop recommendations designed to bolster the nation’s ability to track and prevent health problems linked to conditions in the environment," according to the statement.
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: : Asthma cases projected to double by 2020 : : May 17, 2000 : : NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The number of asthma sufferers in the US are : expected to double by the year 2020, affecting 1 in every 14 people and : outnumbering the combined projected populations of New York and New Jersey. : A report released Tuesday cautions that the federal government is not taking : the necessary steps to curb the growing number of asthma cases. : : "The report documents the well-known fact that we are in the middle of an : asthma epidemic, which is getting worse, not better," Dr. Paul Locke, deputy : director of the Pew Environmental Health Commission at the Johns Hopkins : School of Public Health in Baltimore, Maryland, told Reuters Health. "We are : really passive witnesses to this unfolding public health catastrophe," he : added. : If they could find a cause other than air pollution they would be more active. As long as they don’t have a cause it is very hard to do anything about it. They are working on finding the mechanism for asthma and making a good deal of progress. — Gordon W5RED www.couger.com/gcouger "You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take." – Wayne Gretzky