I am calling the President today, December 4, and asking him
to protect kids from harmful soot pollution. Please join me.
An asthma attack took my daughter Steph’s life when she
was just 15 years old. That’s her
picture you see smiling at you. The attack happened without warning during an
ordinary school day only a few incredibly painful years ago. I can’t bear the
thought of another family experiencing our heartbreak. That is why I am
partnering with the American Lung Association to personally ask you to call President Obama before 5PM Eastern Time and tell him to stand up
to soot.
Kids with asthma need a fighting chance. Soot
pollution—the gunk that is pumped out of smokestacks and tailpipes—is one the deadliest
forms of air pollution in our country. It triggers severe asthma attacks,
causes heart attacks and sends people to the emergency room.
Worst of all, soot kills. It cuts short the lives of
those we love most.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
has proposed to finally update our nation’s soot standards, which are badly
out-of-date. New standards will provide vital healthy air protection to people
with lung disease, including my son and 6-year-old daughter.
President Obama will make his decision to cleanup soot by December 14. Please make sure he hears from you and not just corporate polluters. Stronger national soot standards will save lives—preventing as many as 35,700 deaths in addition to a staggering 1.4 million asthma attacks each year.
Your two-minute phone call to the White House honors my daughter’s memory and gives others who desperately need your voice of support a fighting chance to spend another holiday season with family and loved ones.
Healthy air allows us all to live life to the fullest. I can’t thank you enough for your care and support and I invite you to learn more about my daughter Steph.