Air quality Quote by Willie Parker

My own great-grandfather suffered so much from asthma that he had to walk a mile or two behind the covered wagons crossing the plains…

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

“within a quarter of a mile from a freeway had an 89 percent higher risk of asthma than kids more than a mile away;…

— Linda Marsa

What people need to know is that asthma isn't a minor 'wheeze-disease.' It kills over five thousand people in America every year, and I…

— Jackie Joyner-Kersee

We have soon to have everywhere smoke annihilators, dust absorbers, ozonizers, sterilizers of water, air, food and clothing, and accident preventers on streets, elevated…

— Nikola Tesla

I grew up as a really sick kid; I had really bad childhood asthma and was at home all the time in New York.

— Josh Peck

Transportation is responsible for half of our state's air pollution, and many suffer as a result. Children are more likely to develop respiratory illnesses…

— Alex Padilla

“Overpopulation is by far the worst kind of pollution.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

I suffered from asthma when I was a kid.

— Joey Jordison

I confess that when I first read that smog is particularly hazardous to children, senior citizens, and physically active people, for a brief moment…

— Paula Poundstone

Children whose developing lungs are particularly vulnerable suffer the most from air pollution. For children, breathing the air in cities with the worst pollution,…

— Lester R. Brown

“All high altitude workers have a right to be fully informed about the complete range of environmental toxins that they are being exposed to…

— Steven Magee

By 1975 - and continuing to today - all Americans came to believe that they had a "right" to a safe, clean, healthy environment.…

— Denis Hayes