Dirty air and disasters sending kids to the ER for asthma

Tuesday, October 16, 2018 - 00:30 in Health & Medicine

by Harriet Rowan Children in some California counties visited emergency rooms for asthma at nearly twice the statewide rate, according to the latest data — a phenomenon that experts blame largely on dangerous air pollution. While children in some of these counties struggle with consistent, long-term exposure to bad air, experts also point to the […]

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