Category Archives: American Lung Association

Battleground Orange County, CA, On Fire, with Worst Air Ever

Posted on October 28, 2020 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Battleground Orange County, CA, On Fire, with Worst Air Ever It is shocking to wake up with the smell of smoke, and then to go outside and discover that the sunrise is blurred by smoke and the air is full … Continue reading →

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Trump Does Not Misunderstand Air Pollution, He Hides It

Posted on June 29, 2019 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Trump Does Not Misunderstand Air Pollution, He Hides It The G20 reporting claims that Trump confuses air pollution with climate change.  But Trump is also sweeping harmful US air pollution under the rug as well.  He doesn’t misunderstand them.   … Continue reading →

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Americans and Californians at Risk From Air Pollution

Posted on June 10, 2019 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Americans and Californians at Risk From Air Pollution The American Lung Association Report “State of the Air, 2019” on the Most Polluted US Cities and Counties evaluates three kinds of air pollution, and people at risk in those cities and … Continue reading →

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Dear Donald: Windmills Do Not Cause Cancer; Narcissists Do!

Posted on April 2, 2019 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Dear Donald:  Windmills Do Not Cause Cancer; Narcissists Do! At the National Republican Congressional Committee Trump made one of his “they say that” lies that windmill’s noise (whrr, whrr, with circling hand, our President acted out) causes cancer.  While living … Continue reading →

Posted in Air Quality, American Lung Association, Autos, Clean Energy, Coal, Donald Trump, Electric Power, Oil, Politics, Renewable Energy, Wind Energy | Leave a comment

Effects of Mercury, PM2.5, and Donald Trump

Posted on December 29, 2018 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Effects of Mercury, PM2.5, and Donald Trump Is Trump Mercurial? Could one who refuses to remove mercury vapor from coal burning be called Mercurial? The above were three possible titles for this article. Having read again about Trump and his … Continue reading →

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Trump’s Sellout of Our Health to Big Coal is Truly Scandalous

Posted on August 21, 2018 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Trump’s Sellout of Our Health to Big Coal is Truly Scandalous Trump has put forward an energy plan to the remade Environment Destruction Agency that will not only will not slow climate change, but will condemn us to decades more … Continue reading →

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Southern California Air Pollution Data from the American Lung Association

Posted on April 29, 2018 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Southern California Air Pollution Data from the American Lung Association The American Lung Association (www.lung.org) in “State of the Air 2018” has good data and presentations on US air pollution, and those susceptible to it.  Here, we will cover areas … Continue reading →

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