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This picture was taken after a normal race night 100 yards from the track.

I lived in some places with pretty bad air. The San Francisco Bay Area was where I spent my childhood and youth. I'm old enough, that I was breathi...

Clean air to me is a right that was taken away from me as a child. My family all smoked around me and it made me sick.

I want people to breathe clean air free of diesel fumes from trucks, cars, and busses. I want to see more natural gas cars and hopefully, more fuel...

My husband and I both have asthma. We live in a rural area (Ghent, NY) and we are surrounded by people who use indoor wood stoves all winter long. ...

As an avid runner, I notice when the air gets smoggy. I am lucky enough to not have any breathing issues normally, but I worry about the long-term ...

Due to systemic lupus affecting my lungs (pleurisy) and adult-onset asthma, I am forced to stay at home on days when the air quality is bad. Thank ...

I live in Butler County on the border with Allegheny County-Pittsburgh region. I have asthma and allergies having spent my childhood in Pittsburgh and in a household of smokers.

My sister passed away at 19-years-old due to a fatal asthma attack. She had many triggers including allergies, smoke, heat/humidity, etc. I know th...

My wife and I live here in the foothills of Yuma half of the year in fall and winter. The rest of the time is in Washington East of Tacoma in Puyal...

I have COPD and am 42-years-old. I have had one lung removed and am trying to get a lung transplant. Otherwise, without a transplant, I'm in for a ...

We have raised our son between NYC and Denver. We left NYC because of his terrible cough that no doctor could explain. It has persisted into Denver...

I had to take first grade over because I was absent so much from respiratory problems due to secondhand smoke. My dad died from a massive heart att...

Imagine what it would feel like to take a breath when your lungs were already full of air. Try this. Take in a deep breath. Hold it in for three seconds and don’t exhale. Now try taking another breath, and another one.

My son has cystic fibrosis and there is currently no cure. His lung function will deteriorate throughout his life until it steals him from this wor...