The Pediatric/Adult Asthma Coalition of New Jersey

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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, Gloucester County Times, May 24, 2010.

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Since 2001 The Pediatric/Adult Asthma Coalition of New Jersey, sponsored by the American Lung Association of New Jersey, has been awarded grants from the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, with funds provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention under the current Co-operative Agreement 5U59EH000206-2. Additional funding has been provided by the United States Environmental Protection Agency under the current Agreements XA97256707-1, XA98284401-4 and XA97250908-0; and through the Health Resources and Services Administration via Mount Sinai School of Medicine. These state and federal grants total $1,396,376 and represent 93% of the total amount of grants received to date in support of the Coalition. The remaining 7% of funding for the PACNJ was provided by corporate grants in the amount of $93,500. (October 2008)