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Bad air can bring on asthma attacks, even in healthy people; tracking air quality and controlling pollution from cars, factories and power plants can help
If you find your Asthma symptoms become worse on days when the air-quality index is high try to reduce the amount of time you spend outside when air-pollution is high, exercise indoors if you usually exercise outdoors, and turn on the air conditioner in your home and car and keep your windows closed.
It is very clear that air pollution can make asthma worse, but is asthma caused by living in an area with a lot of air pollution? Find out if air pollution is one of the main causes of asthma.
The Radiation and Public Health Project (RPHP) is a non-profit educational and scientific organization,dedicated to understanding the relationships between low-level, nuclear radiation and public health.
The World Health Organization is the United Nations specialized agency for health. WHO is dedicated to the attainment of the highest possible level of health by all peoples. Health is defined in WHO's Constitution as a state of complete physical, mental, environmental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
