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Get Email Alerts When Summer Air is Unhealthy
High levels of dirt and chemicals in the air can make breathing difficult for active adults, people with heart or lung disease (including asthma), older adults and children. The Air Quality Index (AQI) is a system used to warn the public when the air is dangerous.   Get a daily email update with information about the quality of the air in your town from Enviroflash. Sign up for emails at http://www.enviroflash.info/signup.cfm.The email will include: The same information that local radio or TV stations provide Things you can do to protect your family when air quality levels are unhealthy. (Example: limiting time outside when the air quality is poor) Enviroflash is a service provided by the US Environmental Protection Agency and your state or local environmental agency.		AQI Game Show: Kids 7-10 can play a game to learn what to do when air is unhealthy. Families can have fun learning about air quality at the EPA’s Kids Air Website Read Why is Coco Orange: A book for children with asthma and their caretakers. Ages 4-8 Coco has a problem. He’s a chameleon, but he can’t change colors, and his asthma is acting up. Read how Coco and his friends at Lizard Lick Elementary solve this mystery as they learn about air quality and how to stay healthy when the air quality is bad.
	For more information about managing asthma during the summer read, No Summertime Air of Indifference for Asthmatics, an interview with Arthur J. Torre, MD, PACNJ co-chair. Author: Carly Q. Romalino

The Pediatric/Adult Asthma Coalition of New Jersey, sponsored by the American Lung Association in New Jersey, and this website are supported by a grant from the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services (NJDHSS), with funds provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (USCDCP) under Cooperative Agreement 1U59EH000491-01. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the NJDHSS or the USCDCP. Although this document has been funded wholly or in part by the United States Environmental Protection Agency under Agreement XA97250908-2 to the American Lung Association in New Jersey, it has not gone through the Agency’s publications review process and therefore, may not necessarily reflect the views of the Agency and no official endorsement should be inferred. Information in this publication is not intended to diagnose health problems or take the place of medical advice. For asthma or any medical condition, seek medical advice from your child’s or your health care professional.

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