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For the past seven months the Army Corps of Engineers, as part of a groin/jetty project in the Rockaways, has put a staging site within 50 feet of my condominium on Beach 116th Street beach area which has 93 apartments.

In the northern part of Staten Island, north of the expressway, the terrace to the ferry, we are regularly, depending on the direction of the wind, hit with a noxious chemical smell, which causes chest issues, nausea, and headaches.

For several years, my husband and I have attempted - without success - to obtain assistance in rectifying what has become a serious concern in our small city: pollution from wood-burning backyard firepits. 

Air pollution is a serious health threat.

I have emphysema. I moved from Brooklyn, New York thinking that the Garden State would have cleaner air. Little did I know that New Jersey is ...

My name is Bill Dusold and I am a 47-year-old male. I was diagnosed with asthma in 2006 and 2018. I have mild asthma and I use a nebulizer machine ...

I am a 71-year-old senior living on social security in government assisted rental apartment in Oscoda, Michigan.

I recently moved out of Manhattan to Warwick, N.Y.  in Orange County. One of the reasons I moved is that I wanted to spend less time in the ci...

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 ...