Dirty Air Program

A recent study* of pregnant women has found that exposure to “dirty air” and secondhand smoke in the womb and after birth can harm infants’ lungs, making them more susceptible to asthma and other serious respiratory problems.

*Study conducted by Columbia Center for Children’s Environmental Health at Columbia University, NYC 2004

You can help protect your baby by taking a few simple steps.

• Limit outdoor activities on “dirty air” days to avoid air pollution from cars, trucks and industrial plants.
• Don’t smoke and avoid all second hand smoke while pregnant.
• Clean and/or change your furnace filters regularly.
• Listen to local news or check www.morpc.org to learn when air quality is unhealthy.

Sign up for our free dirty air “Early Alert” program to receive automated phone warnings on dirty air days. To sign up, email your name, address and phone number to earlyalert@breathingassociation.com.

Dirty Air Quiz

HELP you HEALTH and the health of others by changing your day to day habits so that you can answer YES to all the above questions.

You can learn more about air quality and health at:
http://airquality.morpc.org
http://www.catfc.us/