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Search results for "A new American Lung Association report shows over half of U.S. children live with poor air quality"

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Steve Milloy stated on June 07, 2023 in on “The Ingraham Angle”:
Particulate matter, found in wildfire smoke, has “no effect” on human health and is “total junk science.”
By Loreben Tuquero• June 20, 2023
Mitt Romney stated on August 14, 2012 in a campaign speech:
Claims Joe Biden said "coal is more dangerous than terrorists." 
By Tom Feran• August 17, 2012
Bruce Rauner stated on January 03, 2018 in an interview with the editorial board of the Herald-News of Joliet:
"The Legionella bacteria is in most water systems in Illinois."
By Brett Chase• January 16, 2018
Barack Obama stated on June 25, 2013 in a speech on climate change:
As a student at Occidental College in Los Angeles from 1979 to 1981, "there were days where folks couldn't go outside. … because of all the pollution in the air."
By Louis Jacobson• June 26, 2013
Facebook posts stated on August 27, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Says a demonstration with an air quality monitor shows that cloth masks are dangerous for children.
By Tom Kertscher• September 8, 2021
Ted Yoho stated on March 14, 2017 in an interview on PBS:
"It’s been proven over and over again Medicaid has the worst outcomes in the industrialized world as far as the quality of health care."
By Amy Sherman• March 31, 2017
John Morgan stated on July 06, 2017 in a lawsuit:
"Despite decades of marijuana being used for smoking in the United States, there have been no reported medical cases of lung cancer" attributed to marijuana.
By Amy Sherman• July 13, 2017
Rick Perry stated on June 15, 2010 in a press release:
Since 2000, "the Texas clean air program achieved a 22 percent reduction in ozone and a 46 percent decrease in NOx emissions."
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• June 16, 2010
Facebook posts stated on May 05, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Wearing face masks may cause "pulmonary fibrosis" and other health risks in children.
By Steven Rascón• May 19, 2021
Instagram posts stated on December 04, 2022 in a video:
A “well-crafted garlic salve” can “heal any ailment of the lungs and respiratory system.”
By Andy Nguyen• December 16, 2022
Facebook posts stated on August 03, 2023 in a post:
“Code red emergency - poison released in the air” affecting 127 million people.
By Loreben Tuquero• August 8, 2023
Hillary Clinton stated on July 31, 2015 in a speech to the National Urban League in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.:
"African-American children are 500 percent more likely to die from asthma than white kids."
By Christian Belanger• August 11, 2015
Ken Plum stated on March 12, 2015 in :
"We've got 40 years of study now that show that, with a good preschool start, you're less likely to be on public dole, you're less likely to be in prison."
By Sean Gorman• March 23, 2015
Facebook posts stated on April 22, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Children ages 5 to 9 “are not affected by” the coronavirus.
By Tom Kertscher• April 23, 2021
Kevin McCarthy stated on August 15, 2018 in a speech:
Studies are showing California’s wildfires "are producing more emissions than all of our cars are doing."
By Chris Nichols• August 29, 2018
Instagram posts stated on January 27, 2024 in an Instagram post:
Twelve babies died from taking RSV drug in clinical trials.
By Jeff Cercone• January 30, 2024
Instagram posts stated on June 09, 2023 in an Instagram post:
Smoke that covered New York, New Jersey and Connecticut after the Canadian wildfires “was a planned operation in geoengineering.”
By Tom Kertscher• June 14, 2023
Bernie Sanders stated on February 19, 2019 in an interview on CBS This Morning:
"In Canada, for a number of decades, they have provided quality care to all people without out-of-pocket expenses. You go in for cancer therapy, you don't take out your wallet."  
By Jon Greenberg• February 22, 2019
Earl Blumenauer stated on September 23, 2011 in a House floor speech:
Says "Every year air pollution protections are delayed, another 34,000 people will die prematurely."
By Charles Pope• October 3, 2011
Rick Scott stated on May 25, 2010 in a speech to young Republicans in Tampa:
Florida ranks "45th out of 50 states'' for its regulatory climate for business.
By Louis Jacobson, Aaron Sharockman• May 27, 2010

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