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They come in wheelchairs with their oxygen to spend a day with each other and to enjoy the beauty of New Hampshire. We need to keep it beautiful for them.
Clean Air Ambassador:
Marie Mulroy
Goffstown, New Hampshire
I work for Breathe New Hampshire, a lung health organization dedicated to ensuring that everyone in New Hampshire takes the healthiest breath possible. Air pollution affects not only outdoor but indoor air in New Hampshire. Every day, we see the effects of people who are impacted by toxics that are poisoning the air that they breathe: children with asthma, adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and other vulnerable populations who are most at risk. We see firsthand the link between good health and a clean environment and are passionate advocates for strong legislation and volunteer efforts to keep everyone in New Hampshire healthy by keeping our environment healthy.
We have many stories in our organization of lost lives and lost potential that did not need to happen. Each year, we run a cruise for a day and we invite individuals around the state who are suffering with lung disease out for a day on our beautiful Lake Winnipesaukee. They come in wheelchairs with their oxygen to spend a day with each other and to enjoy the beauty of New Hampshire. We need to keep it beautiful for them.
Pollution in New Hampshire is dependent on where you live. Those who live near paper mills or asphalt plants and those who are vulnerable because they have been dealt a bad hand economically suffer disproportionately compared to the rest of the New Hampshire population. These people are serviced by many programs, but our greatest concern is that local and federal legislation are starting to dismantle the efforts that many of us have worked for. We have programs through state agencies such as Healthy Homes, Tools for Schools, Integrated Pest Management, Indoor Air Quality as well as our Asthma program that will not be here in a few years. So, our endangered species list in New Hampshire includes everyone working on environmental issues who are losing their jobs from budget cuts.
New Hampshire is a state that thrives on tourists who come here year round to enjoy our mountains, lakes, rivers and forests. We need to preserve what is important in our state—that is, our natural resources and our citizens. Protecting New Hampshire's environment protects our economy and our citizens.
Thank you so much for your good work. Keep it up! We're with you all the way.
Thank you Marie! I am so happy to learn about your efforts and Breathe New Hampshire. The work is important and getting the message out is also important. Thanks!
As a suburban NH resident, I'd like to see gas-engine power tools regulated. They spew fumes throughout neighborhoods & make the air in one's own backyard toxic to breathe. Best wishes in your important work.
Thank you Marie for so much you have done and for representing NH. There is still a lot we need to do to protect our environment and we need to do this before its too late, and not to make it worse for the generation to come after us.
Thank you Marie - this is an incredibly important issue. It doesn't matter what political persuasion you subscribe to. Clean air is not a comodity to be traded on Wall Street. If we expect to conduct travel and tourism business we must ensure that New Hampshire mountains, lakes, rivers and forests are taken care of for residents and travelers alike.
Thank you Marie and Breathe New Hampshire for all you do in the state. THis is very exciting and keep up the good work!
As an asthma suffered clean air is truly a matter of life or death! So many of us have developed asthmas as we have gotten older due to pollution in this country--we absolutely must improve the situation for our grandchildren!
I find it hard to hear air quality alerts in my beautiful NH. We must stand up to those responsible for creating these conditions.
Thank you for all you do.
People are entitled to breathe clear air.
We support this initiative b/c clean air is a right that all are entitled and no corporation or organization has the right to jeapordize the health of all for the pursuit of profit. We need to hold those accountable who release known toxins into the air and get this country back on the track of believing in the science rather than believing those "scientists" hired by the companies who pay them to confuse the issues.
Good health by having clean air should be our basic right it seems to me. The benefits are enormous. We who care should not only be heard but Washington needs to do the right thing. They should remember that they, too, are breathing this same air.
Thank you for speaking out for us.
My father has congestive heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder. I can't stand to see him suffer, and I don't want to see him (or anyone else) suffer more than he already is. We should have a basic right to breathe clean air. It kills me that to know that to some people money is more important than everyone else's basic rights. Thank you for doing what you do, for representing NH, and for representing everyone of us on this planet that deserves to breathe clean air!
I support efforts to keep the air we breathe healthy and free of non-natural matter. I trust that you will engage in reasonable and positive dialogue to persuade our representatives to achieve this goal.
Thank you!!!
Thank you for standing up for clean air in NH.
Marie, thank you for standing up for cleaner and healthier air. NH is lucky to have you!
Thank you for representing the state of New Hampshire.
Thanks for doing this hard work! We ALL appreciate your efforts. Your high school varsity lacrosse team beat ours today - they played very well! Congrats!
Most every factory, industry, business gives off something into our air...some much more dangerous than others. We KNOW we have the technology to prevent this and it is absolutely necessary that we stop polluting our air. There is no excuse for doing otherwise. Our children and grandchildren will not survive if we ignore this problem.
Thank you, Marie - for advocating for all of us and giving voice to our concerns. Our health, our future - and our growth as a state depend on it.
Like water, the air we breate goes from the blood into every cell in our body. Fewer the impurities, the better.
Thanks for presenting our concern.
They need to hear that we will be healthier and save money in the long run.
Thank you, Marie. Good luck in Washington!
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