Cleaning Up the Skies: Hartford Tackles Asthma and Dirty Air

Breathing fresh air should be as easy as taking a sip of cool water! But for many kids and families living in Hartford, Connecticut, taking a deep breath outside can sometimes be tricky. Hartford was recently named one of the top ten cities in America where asthma makes life difficult for residents.

Asthma is a lung condition that causes breathing tubes to swell up, making you wheeze or cough. Things like car exhaust, factory smoke, and fine dust floating in the air can trigger asthma attacks. In busy cities with lots of highways and old power plants, dirty air builds up and settles right in our neighborhoods.