San Diego Activists Tie Asthma to Poor Living Conditions

Mid-City CAN (www.midcitycan.org), a San Diego based community collaborative, implemented a community based initiative that links substandard housing, mold and cockroaches to the high rates of asthma in the low-income community of City Heights. News report by KUSI Channel 9 News. !express# !metadata#!version#v1.0.r291!/version#!format#1.001!/format#!totalTime#191347!/t­otalTime#!width#400!/width#!height#300!/height#!maxSceneSize#0!/maxSceneSize#!cl­ientPublishTime#Wed Dec 5 08:56:03 GMT-0800 2007!/clientPublishTime# !/metadata# !scenes#!scene/# !/scenes# !asset path="finished/F93D37759090851E-D04968D72569B20D.flv" type="VideoContent" desc=""#!stamp time="0"# !mute#false!/mute# !height#300!/height# !display#true!/display# !position#0!/position# !width#400!/width# !volume#0.75!/volume#!/stamp#!stamp time="191347"# !display#false!/display#!/stamp# !/asset#!/express#

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[Excell916]

I grew up there and had asthma as a kid usually when I went to sleep or woke up.. When we moved out the inner city up to northern California it went away. I havent used an inhaler for years....