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Asthma Exacerbations Followed Christmas Eve Coke Works Fire


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Asthma Exacerbations Followed Christmas Eve Coke Works Fire
Asthma exacerbations rose following a catastrophic Christmas Eve fire two years ago that destroyed pollution controls at the Clairton Coke Works the largest such facility in the nation, a University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health analysis concludes.
“In addition to verifying that people living within a 10-mile radius of the coke works had higher rates of asthma exacerbations and use of albuterol rescue medication than those living outside the radius, we learned that nearly half of the people with asthma closest to the fire were unaware of the pollution problem and, therefore, unable to take steps to avoid exposure,” said lead author Brandy Byrwa-Hill, M.S., a Ph.D. student in Pitt Public Health’s Department of Environmental and Occupational Health. ....

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