The Sierra Club presents...
A Failing Grade: Where air pollution comes from and how it hurts your health.
If your child came home from school with a report card showing F, F, D, F, F, and F, would you accept it? Those are exactly the grades for overall air pollution Philadelphia and its surrounding counties received in the 2008 State of the Air report recently released by the American Lung Association. Greater Philadelphia has the worst ozone pollution in Pennsylvania and ranks 11th worst in the nation. Delaware County got the “D.”
“Ozone and particulate pollution are the most widespread air pollutants — and among the most dangerous” to human health, states the report. A litany of risks includes increased numbers of heart attacks, asthma attacks, chronic bronchitis, and strokes. The risks to human health before birth, in children, among those with lung disease, among the elderly, and among otherwise healthy citizens are well documented.
The Southeastern Pennsylvania group of the Sierra Club invites you to a lecture to learn about air pollution in our area and how it affects our health. Nancy F. Parks, Clean Air Committee Chairperson for Sierra Club's Pennsylvania Chapter will speak on the sources of air. Dr. Stephen McGeady, Professor of Pediatrics and Program Director of the Allergy/Immunology Fellowship Program at Thomas Jefferson University will speak on the health effects of these pollutants. The lecture will be presented, free, in two locations at two different times:
A Failing Grade: Where air pollution comes from and how it hurts your health.
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Date: Sunday, June 8, 2008 |
Date: Monday, June 9th, 2008 |
The Sierra Club salutes the American Lung Association for their work on the State of the Air report.
