The campaign has a 12-Step Plan to attack this health problem. Texas has the worst air in the country. This air pollution harms people, particularly children and people with respiratory problems, said Haenn Asthma attacks, which are often triggered by pollution, send more kids to the emergency room in the summer than any other reason. A recent study shows that Texas leads the nation in hospitalizations related to smog at 4600 a year. Air quality also hurts the health of the economy, the Air Crisis Campaign reports, because pollution threatens business growth and highway funds when cities fail to meet federal clean air requirements.
Pollution makes it hard to attract new businesses and skilled labor to the workforce.
For the next year the Texas Air Crisis Campaign will hold press events every six to eight weeks to show the severity of the problem and the local and human impact of the crisis. The Campaign will report on the human health impacts of pollution in greater detail and assess the performance of elected officials in addressing the crisis.