
04/08/2025
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Learn more about factors found in the indoor and outdoor environment that can cause, trigger or exacerbate Asthma symptoms and what you can do to reduce their impact.
You might be surprised by the list of common environmental asthma triggers and how simple it can be to eliminate them from your environment.
Asthma is a serious, sometimes life-threatening chronic respiratory disease that affects the quality of life for almost 25 million Americans, including an estimated 7 million children. Although there is no cure for asthma yet, asthma can be controlled through medical treatment and management of environmental triggers.
EPA is committed to educating all Americans about asthma so that everyone knows what asthma is, how the environment can affect asthma patients and how to manage environmental asthma triggers.
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