Boosting Health for Children: Transition to Electric Vehicles and Clean Power Would Prevent 2.7 Million Asthma Attacks in U.S. Kids
CHICAGO, Feb. 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- A new report, "Boosting Health for Children: Benefits of Zero-Emission Transportation and Electricity," released today by the American Lung Association, highlights that a widespread transition to zero-emission vehicles and electricity would dramatically improve the health of children across the U.S. The transition would prevent 2.79 million pediatric asthma attacks and millions of other respiratory symptoms and save hundreds of infant lives by 2050.
- The transition would prevent 2.79 million pediatric asthma attacks and millions of other respiratory symptoms and save hundreds of infant lives by 2050.
- It also projects that the nation's electric grid will be powered by clean, non-combustion renewable energy by 2035.
- In fact, 1.7 million children with asthma live in counties that received an "F" for at least one pollutant.
- Policymakers have the power to support children's health by cutting harmful air pollution and climate change that threatens their future.