{"id":14786,"date":"2015-05-13T17:15:26","date_gmt":"2015-05-13T22:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=14786"},"modified":"2015-05-13T17:15:26","modified_gmt":"2015-05-13T22:15:26","slug":"report-ranks-chicago-the-nations-6th-sneeziest-and-wheeziest-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/report-ranks-chicago-the-nations-6th-sneeziest-and-wheeziest-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Report ranks Chicago the nation\u2019s 6th &#8216;sneeziest and wheeziest&#8217; city"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Jia You<\/p>\n<p>As Chicagoans brace themselves for another peak asthma and allergy season, a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nrdc.org\/globalwarming\/sneezing\/contents.asp\" target=\"_blank\">national report<\/a> ranks the Windy City among America\u2019s top 10 \u201csneeziest and wheeziest\u201d cities. And the report, released Wednesday, blames climate change for making things worse.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) identified 35 American cities suffering most from ragweed pollen and ozone pollution, triggers for respiratory diseases such as asthma and hay fever. Chicago ranked sixth on the list, just behind warmer southern cities such as Richmond, Virginia, and Memphis, Tennessee. Oklahoma City, Philadelphia and Chattanooga, Tennessee round out the top six.<\/p>\n<p>The American Lung Association\u2019s State of the Air 2015 report, released in April, gave Cook County an \u201cF\u201d grade for ozone pollution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s the overlap of the ozone problem and the pollen problem,\u201d said Henry Henderson, the NRDC\u2019s Midwest director and Chicago\u2019s former environment commissioner. \u201cAs we are looking forward to what will happen with climate change, which is exacerbating these problems, that\u2019s the double-whammy that puts us at Number Six.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14793\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14793\" style=\"width: 455px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/05\/sneezy-image-1.jpeg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14793 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/05\/sneezy-image-1.jpeg\" alt=\"A new NRDC report on climate change's impact on asthma and allergy patients ranks Chicago among the most affected American cities. (NRDC)\" width=\"455\" height=\"455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/05\/sneezy-image-1.jpeg 455w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/05\/sneezy-image-1-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/05\/sneezy-image-1-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 455px) 100vw, 455px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14793\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Climate change exacerbates asthma and allergy triggerd by pollen and ozone smog, according to a new NRDC report. (NRDC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Asthma and allergies affect one in five Americans, according to estimates from the Asthma and Allergy Foundation in America. And climate change is making things worse for these patients, according to the NRDC report. As global temperature increases, springs thaws occur earlier and plants such as ragweed pollinate more, said Samantha Ahdoot, a pediatrician in Alexandria, Virginia. The change particularly affects northern cities and regions, where the allergy season has grown by 20 days over the past two decades, she said.<\/p>\n<p>Ragweed pollens cause both hay fever \u2014 inflammation of the nasal airways \u2014 and asthma symptoms, said Anne Ditto<strong>, <\/strong>an associate professor in medicine, allergy and immunology at Northwestern University\u2019s Feinberg School of Medicine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRagweed is a major allergen that we have in the Midwest,\u201d she said. \u201cWith the warmer weather you have longer seasons of pollination, and the plants pollinate more, so people who are allergic are being exposed to higher levels for a longer time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Warmer summers also create ozone smog in cities, which can trigger lethal asthma attacks, said Brian Urbaszewski, environmental health programs director at the nonprofit Respiratory Health Association of Metropolitan Chicago. A pungent gas, naturally occurring ozone forms a belt above Earth, known as the ozone layer, and shields people from harmful ultraviolet radiation. But ozone smog at the ground level \u2014 created when exhaust from cars, factories and fossil fuel power plants cook in the sun \u2014 irritate the airways and trigger respiratory diseases.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt burns the insides of your lungs,\u201d Urbaszewski said. \u201cFor someone with asthma this can be a terrifying experience, as lung muscles spasm and close up, preventing breathing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Addressing these problems requires national initiatives, Henderson said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis isn\u2019t just a City of Chicago problem. A lot of the stuff from Central Illinois coal plants is blowing over to Chicago and contributing to our ozone levels here,&#8221; he said. That\u2019s why it\u2019s really important that we look at this from a national perspective.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He urged Chicagoans to support the Environmental Protection Agency\u2019s Clean Power Plan, a set of standards addressing carbon emissions from power plants that will be released this summer, as well as a Clean Jobs Act introduced by Illinois legislators in February that would ramp up the state\u2019s renewable energy standard.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s really critically important that we take the measures that we need to take now to protect the planet for our children in the future\u201d, said Kelly Nichols, a mother of two whose son suffers seasonal allergies, and an Illinois field organizer for Moms Clean Air Force.<\/p>\n<div id=\"featurecaption\">Photo at top: A new NRDC report on climate change impacts on asthma and allergy patients ranks Chicago among the most affected American cities. 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