Denver´s Goal for Bloomberg´s Mayors Challenge: Lessen the Effects of Poor Air Quality on Asthma in Children
(WorldNews Environment)

Imagine waking up each morning and wondering, `Will I be able to breathe today?` No one should have to stress out about such a fundamental function of being alive, but it`s a question that`s asked all too often by the more than 26.5 million people in the United States who have been diagnosed with asthma - a number that represents more than 8 percent of the population. What is asthma? It`s a chronic lung disease that makes it difficult to move air in and out of your lungs, and there is no cure. It can start at any age, and varies from mild irritation of the airways to severe and life-threatening inflammation that significantly reduces how much air can be breathed in and out. In extreme cases,...