Alabama First
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Alabama First is a new, citizen-based organization working for healthy, clean air. Good air quality is important for everyone’s health, but especially for children, the elderly and those suffering from respiratory problems such as asthma and allergies. Clean air is also important for our quality of life and for a healthy economy.
We are a group of people who want Alabamians to have healthy air to breathe. We are working to educate our community’s citizens and leaders on the health dangers associated with poor air quality and how they can get involved to make a difference. We are also working to ensure that our public health is considered when our leaders make policy decisions that could affect the air we breathe.
Please take a few minutes to look around our website and provide us some feedback. We would love to hear from you. Thanks for supporting clean, healthy air.
What is in the air we breathe?
Are you aware that air pollution could be affecting your health and that of your loved ones? Unfortunately, it is our lungs that are the “treatment facilities” for the pollution we breathe in every day.
The greater Birmingham community is suffering from the dirtiest air in the south, and we have some of the oldest, highest polluting coal-fired power plants in the country, causing the majority of our air quality problems.
The science has been in for awhile and is irrefutable – breathing in particle pollution and ozone pollution is bad for your health, especially for children and the elderly. Poor air quality can even be deadly for those who have respiratory problems.
It is time to renew the air we all breathe for the sake of our public health.
We invite you to check out our website and please get involved.
