Helping Our World Breathe So That We Can Breathe As Well

HELPING OUR WORLD BREATHE SO THAT WE CAN BREATHE AS WELL THE STATES WITH THE POOREST AIR QUALITY ARE: BY REDUCING THE LEVELS OF AIR POLLUTION, WE CAN DECREASE RESPIRATORY DISEASES AND INFECTIONS, CARDIAC DISEASES, AND LUNG CANCER. 1. CA 4.IL- MORE THAN 2. IN 3. PA 3 MILLION 5.ОН HISPANICS IN THE UNITED STATES FROM ASTHMA. PUERTO RICANS HAVE MORE THAN TWICE THE PROBABILITY OF SUFFERING FROM ASTHMA THAN NON-HISPANIC WHITES. HISPANICS HAVE LOWER RATES OF SUFFERING FROM CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE THAN OTHER MINORITIES. LATINOS ARE THREE TIMES MORE LIKELY TO DIE FROM ASTHMA THAN ANY OTHER RACIAL OR ETHNIC GROUP. A SINGLE TREE CAN ABSORB UP TO TEN POUNDS OF AIR POLLUTANTS IN A YEAR, AND PRODUCE UP TO 260 POUNDS OF TREES CAN ALSO REDUCE ENERGY CONSUMPTION FROM 15 TO 50 PERCENT SINCE THEY PROVIDE SHADOWS AND NATURAL COOLING. OXYGEN, ENOUGH FOR TWO PEOPLE. SOURCES: AMERICA'S HEALTH RANKINGS FROM UNITED HEALTH FOUNDATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION; AMERICAN FORESTS. Q UnitedHealthcare National Hispanic Landscape Alliance