May Clean Air Month Since 1970 the Clean

May: Clean Air Month Since 1970 the Clean Air Act has been successful in reducing health conditions related to air quality. Clean Air Month, founded by the American Lung Association, celebrates the advances the Clean Air Act has made, and promotes the benefits in further improvement. "Health begins where we live, learn, work and play, and it's important to ensure that safeguards are in place to protect us and prevent disease, " - Albert Rizzo, M. D. , senior medical advisor for the American Lung Association. Importance Between ages 10 and 18, researchers found that those who grew up in more polluted areas face the increased risk of having underdeveloped lungs, which may never recover to their full capacity. The Clean Air Act helps prevents tens of thousands of asthma attacks, heart attacks, strokes, and premature deaths each year by cleaning up pollution from power plants and vehicles.

Air pollution can be attributed to power plants, manufacturing facilities, the vehicles we drive, and much more. The Clean Air Act, one of the most effective public health laws, is in jeopardy of being altered by Congress to allow for more industrial production. The American Lung Association’s effort to get EPA to strengthen the limits on ozone air pollution could prevent up to 7, 900 premature deaths and 1. 8 million asthma attacks in 2025. *Information from Stateoftheair. org Julianne Moore, an advocate though Moms Clean Air Force - Fighting for our kids’ health

Your Support Matters Teaming up with Incite as advocates for healthy air will connect your brand with the clean air movement, and with those who are seeking a healthier lifestyle in [CITY NAME]. You can inspire change while demonstrating your commitment to the health and safety of our communities.

Incite teamed up with St. Louis Regional Clean Air Partnership to inspire St. Louis residents to support the clean air initiative by changing their behavior. The 4 month campaign The Commuter Club was centered on live endorsements on KSHE and The Point with personalities. The Gateway Guide video was released to encourage and educate people how to reduce their daily emissions. The result of this project was a success, recruiting 17, 829 individuals to take the pledge to do something about our air quality.