Child Receives Breathing Treatment
Nov 22, 2008 - Laguna Niguel, California, USA - A 2 year old girl from southern california receives breathing nebulizer treatment from her mother. A nebulizer also called a breathing machine is a way to give children thier asthma medications and treatments instead of using an inhaler. California has the worst air in the country, and 20 million people living in the dirtiest regions account for billions of dollars a year in economic losses because of premature death, chronic illness, hospitalizations and missed school and workdays, according to a new study by California State University Fullerton. These economic costs, from breathing soot swirling in the air in the winter and smog in the summer, are the highest in the Los Angeles Basin and San Joaquin Valley, areas rivaled only by Houston for filthy air, the study said
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