asthma

Health

Redlining is affecting Northeast Ohio's children's ability to breathe. Here's what we can do

Several studies have drawn a connection between living in neighborhoods that were subject to redlining, the historic discriminatory mortgage lending practices instituted in the 1930s, and an increased likelihood that a resident will suffer from asthma today. Experts say the historic systems and structures which pushed many African Americans into redlined communities affect many Cleveland and Akron residents who live in the Ohio Valley Asthma Belt today.
Environment & Energy

In Beaver County, a mix of hope and fear over startup of Shell's ethane cracker

Reid Frazier

The plant will turn natural gas produced from fracking to lentil-sized pieces of plastic.
Health

Cleveland Clinic Researcher Discovers Asthma's Silver Lining

Jeff St. Clair

Nearly 25 million Americans -- about 8 percent of the population -- have asthma. It effects more than one million Ohioans.While people suffering from…
Environment & Energy

Study on Ohio Asthma Attacks Prompts Call to Reduce Carbon Emissions

Andy Chow

Children in Ohio suffered about 30,000 asthma attacks this summer, according to environmental researchers. Advocates are using the study to call for…