From the water we drink to the air we breath, the Bush Administration has put corporate interests ahead of the needs women and children. These steps become more menacing when viewed in the context of Colorado s current environmental problems. Colorado s Air is Dangerously Polluted. Two of the most dangerous and common air pollutants, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides form fine particle soot. This soot aggravates respiratory illness, triggers asthma attacks and, in the most severe cases, causes premature deaths.
Respiratory disease is the fourth leading cause of death in Colorado.
Over 470,000 children under the age of 13 in Colorado live in areas with levels of pollution shown to have adverse health impacts. The increase in asthma related deaths in Colorado over the last ten years is more than twice the national average.