Air Pollution and Asthma...State of the Air: 2008 reported that over 2.2 million children and 5.5 million adults with asthma live in parts of the U.S. with very high levels of ozone. Nearly 5 million adults and over 1.9 million children with asthma live in areas with high levels of short-term particle pollution. Nearly 3 million adults and over 1.2 million children with asthma live in counties with unhealthful levels of year-round particle pollution.

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We just released our annual State of the Air: 2008 report, and the findings are alarming: One in 10 of us live in areas with unhealthful levels of all three types of pollution.  And, even worse, the Environmental Protection Agency is on the verge of weakening our clean air laws.

Air pollution is more dangerous than many people realize - partly because you can't even see the most dangerous, microscopic particles that do the most damage to your lungs - and your life. Ozone and particle pollution can kill.  Air pollution also triggers asthma attacks and sends people to the hospital.  Anyone with a lung disease like asthma is at risk, but so are children and teens, seniors or anyone with heart disease or diabetes.