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What is your Non-Pharmacological ways of helping to manage Asthma?
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I live in an area where there is still a lot of construction of homes and communities.
One thing that drives our communities crazy is the burning of debris by developers. It saturates the air and makes going outside impossible. Complaining to County does no good as they say contact State as they issue the burn permits.
Another county prohibits burning of debris. With so many allergy sufferies, Asthma, COPD, bronchitis, that this would be common sense to not pollute the air.
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I have severe asthma. I had carbon monoxide poisoning in 2003. Burning debris can be very very very bad. The kind of chemicals it can put in the air can be horrible. Those military burn pits have caused endless problems. Gave the President's son cancer and he died.
Burning plastic produces dioxin, one of the most dangerous chemicals known to man.
Many firefighters are told not to go into a burning warehouse with a lot of plastic, as it is simply too dangerous.
If you are around burning debris? The only real solution is to move. Period.
You can buy an expensive air filter. But they can only process a small amount of chemicals in the air.
If you want medical confirmation of my suggestion to simply move, you could contact:
The American Academy of Environmental Medicine (AAEM)
https://www.aaemonline.org/+++
One of the top clinics is in Dallas:
https://www.ehcd.com/
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@jc76 Why not contact the state? You have a disability, and there may be state laws about accommodating disabilities. Do you have a local news station with an advocate about consumer protections? Increasing awareness may bring attention to this issue and the developers may not want some public stories about how they are polluting the air.
There are some issues where I live, and the county allows leaf burning in the fall on weekends only. I have to stay inside when that is going on, and I take masks with me when I drive and even a particulate respirator that I can put on to avoid a lung reaction. Not everyone complies.
Are you using HEPA filters inside your home? That helps me a lot.