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…A $20M #EPA #grant was cut for San Diego's Barrio Logan, a predominantly #Latino community w/high rates of #asthma. A major highway cuts through the neighborhood, which is further affected by #pollution from waterfront industry & associated truck traffic.

…A program to provide electric buses for Barrio Logan has been canceled & a long-planned community park will be significantly delayed or canceled, as will free electric shuttle service & home upgrades to improve #AirQuality….

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#LeeZeldin’s move effectively ends 3 decades of work at the #EPA to try to ease the #pollution that burdens #poor & #minority communities, which are frequently located near #highways, #PowerPlants, #industrial plants & other polluting facilities. Studies have shown that people who live in those #communities have higher rates of #asthma, #HeartDisease & other #health problems, compared w/the national average.

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@steadystatemcr
Why?
#GreaterManchester has the highest rate of NOx pollution in the UK, contributing to 1200 preventable early deaths. Hospital admissions for the 50,000 children living with #asthma are the UK's highest, but action to tackle GM's health emergency is too slow. Bolder action is needed, now, beyond #Burnham's plan. Air pollution is the greatest environmental threat to health, affecting the most poorest and most vulnerable disproportionately, particularly in #Manchester.
#CleanAir

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@Steinwaelzer @sofasophia

Bei mir stehen folgende Bewertungskriterien auf dem Bescheid:

- metastasierendes HighRisk #Prostatakarzinom nach RPE (Radikale Prostata Ektomie)
- suprapubischer Dauerkatheter
- #COPD #Lungenemphysem #Asthma
- #ADHS
Neubewertung ab 01.01.2030.

Steht bei Dir "nur" ADHS oder auch #Depression als extra Punkt?

P.S.
Katheter habe ich allerdings aktuell schon keinen mehr. Fast 1,5 Jahre mit bis zu 4 ableitenden Schläuchen im Bauch oder/und Schwanz waren echt genug... 🙈

RFK Jr. Is Already Taking Aim at Antidepressants
motherjones.com/politics/2025/

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr has been planted by Trump in the role of Secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services.

He wants to slash scientifically-established medication, hospital treatment, financial benefits, and government programs for people with these conditions:
- Chronic illness.
- Autism.
- ADHD, and medication including Adderall and Ritalin.
- Asthma.
- Obesity.
- Multiple sclerosis.
- Psoriasis.
- Mental illness such as depression and anxiety, and SSRI medication including Prozac and Zoloft.

RFK Jr says wants people who live with chronic illness such as those listed above — who often require daily preventative medication, a professional carer/assistant, or an assistive device for their daily functioning and to maintain their quality of life and sense of dignity and autonomy — to be stripped of their treatment and put into in "Wellness Farms" for "three or four years if they need it".

This is the sort of inhumane mistreatment of people requiring medical care that happened in the USSR and still goes on today in North Korea. It should not happen in the USA.

This move by RFK Jr is going to destroy childhoods, ruin families, cause people financial ruin, and for some people it will cost them their life.

Mother JonesRFK Jr. is already taking aim at antidepressantsThe new HHS secretary has made baseless claims that the drugs are addictive and cause violent behavior.
#USPol#RFKJr#Trump

🔗 Risk of long covid in patients with pre-existing chronic respiratory diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis

We found 41% increased odds of long covid with pre-existing asthma (95% CI 1.29 to 1.54); pre-existing COPD was associated with 32% increased odds (95% CI 1.16 to 1.51). Pre-existing asthma, but not COPD, was associated with increased odds of long covid-associated fatigue. We observed heterogeneity in the results of studies of asthma related to hospitalisation status. Potential confounding and inconsistent measurement of exposure and outcome variables were among the identified limitations.

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Other recent studies have found that #COVIDvaccination “protects against adverse #maternalfetal outcomes,” significantly reduces “incidence and hospitalizations among children,” and can help protect children with #asthma. Studies have also shown a dramatic economic benefit from the COVID vaccines, including an association with “a significant increase in economic activity.” 3/11

Route Fifty: AI air pollution takes deadly health toll. “Computer processing demands for artificial intelligence, or AI, are spurring increasing levels of deadly air pollution … This air pollution is expected to result in as many as 1,300 premature deaths a year by 2030 in the United States, and its public health costs from cancers, asthma, other diseases, and missed work and school days […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/09/route-fifty-ai-air-pollution-takes-deadly-health-toll/

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