Help Protect our Clean Air!

Arlington, VA — As many of you know, a number of members of the US House of Representatives have recently introduced or co-sponsored legislation that would greatly reduce the authority of the Environmental Protection Agency to reduce air pollutants under the Clean Air Act.

These threats to the EPA are also threats to the nation’s health. Air pollutants contribute to a range of climate and weather related events, including the development of smog and extreme heat conditions. Both of these exacerbate asthma, which affects approximately one out of 10 children, and causes increased morbidity and mortality from respiratory and cardiac disease.

Please take the time today to tell your members of Congress that you oppose any attempts to reduce the EPA’s ability to safeguard the nation’s air.

If you live in Montana, please call Rep. Denny Rehberg at (406) 256-1019

If you live in Ohio, please call Rep. Jim Renacci at (330) 489-4414

If you live in Pennsylvania, please call Rep. Jim Gerlach at (610) 594-1415

If you live in Michigan, call Rep. Fred Upton at (269) 385-0039

For all other states, here’s how you can help:

1.Write your Member of Congress—Representatives and Senators—telling them that you oppose any legislation that would reduce the EPA’s ability to protect the nation’s air supply.

To write your Members of Congress, use the form here.

To write your Senator, locate your Senator by state and use the form provided on this website.


Sample Letter:

Dear ___________

I am opposed to any legislation that would prevent or reduce the ability the Environmental Protection Agency to reduce air pollution under the Clean Air Act. This Act is intended to safeguard the nation’s air supply, and any attempts to prohibit these safeguards amounts to a threat to public health.

At a time when our nation is overburdened with chronic illness such as asthma, respiratory illness and cardiac disease, all of which are exacerbated by air pollution, it is inconceivable that Congress should focus on efforts to roll back and end the nation’s protections from air pollutants.

As your constituent, I urge you to protect my health and the health of your other constituents by refusing to endorse or vote for any bill intended to limit the EPA’s ability to protect the air we breathe. I would like to hear your strong voice of support of the nation’s health on this issue.

Sincerely,

2. Please let us know what actions you have taken! We are very interested to know what you did and whether you received a response. Email brendaafzal@gmail.com with this information.

3. Share this request with other health and medical professionals you work with and ask them to sign on as well.


Read more about air pollutants on this website here.

Thank you for your support of public health.

Heath Care without Harm, an international coalition of more than 500 organizations in 53 countries, is working to transform the health care sector, without compromising patient safety or care, so that it is ecologically sustainable and no longer a source of harm to public health and the environment. To learn more about HCWH's work, visit our website at www.noharm.org, our YouTube channel at HCwithoutharm, and our twitter feed at hcwithoutharm.