Asthma Rates Climbing Fast

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There are 300 million asthma sufferers in the world and that figure is expected to jump to 400 million in 20 years, medical experts said Tuesday.

In many countries, the prevalence of asthma is rising 20 percent to 50 percent every 10 years, said specialists at the 4th World Asthma Meeting in Bangkok.

Speaking at a news conference, asthma specialists said the disease needs greater attention because of its high human and economic costs.

The newly collected data was contained in a report released by the World Health Organization and the Global Initiative for Asthma to coincide with the meeting.

The report, "The Global Burden of Asthma," warned that "the rate of asthma increases as communities adopt Western lifestyles and become urbanized." It said asthma is on the increase among adults as well as children.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/02/17/health/main600653.shtml

[diamond14]

1. this is the unintended costs of bush* air pollution de-regulation...

bush* is into this stealth environmental destruction, hoping that nobody notices that shrub's deregulation is causing it...


we're gassed here in OUR Nation's Capital...with mercury, nitrous oxides, sulfur oxides, cadmium and other heavy metal spewing all over us and our children every single day from antiquated de-regulated coal-fired power plants....it's shrub's AmeriKKKa...coupled with bush* LET-THEM-DIE health care policies...it's a win-win for the shrub and his criminal accomplises...

[diamond14]

2. a photo collage from thebigidea,,,,,(caution - graphic)

it refers to mother barbara bush*'s comments about not bothering her beautiful mind with any of the KILLING caused by her husband....

(BTW - if anyone has a video of mrs. bush* making her 'beautiful mind' comment, thebigidea would like to have it...thanks)

[JohnOneillsMemory]

3. Also increased SMOKING among women affecting CHILDREN.

There was a recent thread asking whether parents should be fined for smoking in a car with children.

Holy smokes!-Many people weighed in on the idea with lots of passion.

I hope some who scoffed that regulating smoking was something Ashcroft would do as 'morality cop' see this article and reconsider the effects of smoking on helpless children.