Environment
Four Easy Things Denver Parents can do to Protect their Children from Ozone Pollution
With high ozone levels looming this summer, parents should be aware that their children are one of the most susceptible groups to the health hazards of ozone. Children spend 50 percent more time outdoors in the summer months than adults do. This extended exposure on days with high ozone concentrations can lead to respiratory infections and reduced resistance to summer colds, even in healthy kids. Plus for the 89,000 children in Colorado age one to 14 affected by asthma, the risks of an attack or irritation are even higher. Since children have a higher breathing rate, more ozone pollution is delivered to their lungs than to the lungs of adults. With all these factors combined, it’s important parents are aware of the ozone conditions on a daily basis and modify their behavior as well as thei...
Push to teach “other side” of global warming heats up in Colorado’s Mesa County
A national group that thinks global warming is “junk science” and that teaching it is unnecessarily scaring schoolchildren brought its first petition effort for “balanced education” to Mesa County Schools on Tuesday night. Rose Pugliese, an unsuccessful candidate for a District 51 school board seat in the last election, presented a petition with 700 signatures to the board asking that science teachers stop giving lessons on global warming. Pugliese, a 32-year-old Grand Junction attorney and activist in Tea Party and conservative Republican groups, also presented a petition with 600 signatures demanding Mesa County schools keep political views out of classrooms. Pugliese’s efforts have made her the poster girl for the group Balanced Education for Everyone and h...
