Advocates Urge Lawmakers To Reduce Air Pollution and Strengthen Air Quality Protections

追加: 2026-05-17

[00:00:00]Each year, the first Tuesday in May is recognized as World Asthma Day. And today in Philadelphia, city leaders and people suffering from asthma joined together outside City Hall calling for protections to reduce air pollution that often leads to chronic diseases like asthma.

[00:00:18]Pennsylvania features some of the dirtiest air in the country between Philadelphia and the Lehigh Valley.

[00:00:26]Americans also inhale upwards of 68,000 plastic particles per day.

[00:00:33]Let that sink in. Asthma impacts around 260 million people worldwide.