#41 - Climate change’s impact on asthma and allergies

Air quality and climate change’s impact on asthma and allergies   The quality of our environment has a direct impact on our health. As temperatures rise, pollen seasons grow longer and pollution worsens due to warmer air, which helps to form ground-level ozone, sometimes called smog.   Kenneth Mendez, President & CEO, <a href='http://www.aafa.org/'>Asthma & Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA)</a>, joins us to discuss air quality and climate change’s impact on asthma and allergies. We discuss all the factors that can impact air quality and how this impacts our health, focusing mainly on asthma and seasonal allergies. Kenneth also shares more information about the Allergy Capital Report put out annually by AAFA. What we cover in this episode: <ul class="public-DraftStyleDefault-ul"><li class="_2QuBr _30PMG _3C94N public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-reset public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR"> Impact of climate change and air pollution for seasonal allergies and asthma. </li> <li class="_2QuBr _30PMG _3C94N public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR"> What are seasonal allergies? </li> <li class="_2QuBr _30PMG _3C94N public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR"> Air quality: <ul class="public-DraftStyleDefault-ul"><li class="_2QuBr _30PMG _3C94N public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-reset public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR"> Why people with environmental allergies and asthma should pay attention to it </li> <li class="_2QuBr _30PMG _3C94N public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR"> Air quality index </li> <li class="_2Qu