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EPA Will Launch 2004 Fight Against Asthma, Debut New Video

Contact: Lina Younes, 202-564-9924 / younes.lina@epa.gov
John Millett, 202 564-7842 / millett.john@epa.gov


(Washington, D.C. - April 29, 2004) To help Spanish-speaking Americans recognize asthma triggers and prevent asthma, EPA will hold events in the Southwest to release the Spanish-language video Controlando Los Factores del Asthma and new public education materials. EPA officials will join state and local representatives on May 3 in El Paso, Texas and May 4 in Sunland Park, N.M. May 4 is World Asthma Day, and May marks Asthma Awareness Month.
      Attention Assignment Editors: VNR and B-Roll are Available by Satellite Coordinates.
      Here are the feed coordinates:

      Feed Date: Monday, May 3
      Feed Time: 2 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. EST (dedicated)
      Coordinates: C Band: Telstar (C) 6/Transponder 15/Audio 6.2 and 6.8 DL: 4000 (V)
      Re-Feed Date: Tuesday, May 4
      Re-Feed Time: 2 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. EST (dedicated)
      Coordinates: C Band: Telstar (C) 5/Transponder 23 /Audio 6.2 and 6.8 DL: 4160 (V)
      Who: Jeff Holmstead, Assistant Administrator, Office of Air and Radiation, U.S. EPA
      Stephen Riter, Ph.D. University Provost and Vice-president for Academic Affairs
      University of Texas at El Paso
      Ann Pauli, President and Chief Executive Officer of Paso del Norte Health Foundation
      What: Launch of Controlando Los Factores del Asthma and Asthma Awareness Month
      When: Monday, May 3
      5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m.
      Where: Undergraduate Learning Center, Room 128
      University of Texas at El Paso
      500 West University Avenue
      El Paso, Texas

Contact: Lina Younes, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 202-564-9924
      Who: State Senator Cynthia Nava (invited)
      Jeff Holmstead, Assistant Administrator, Office of Air and Radiation, U.S. EPA
      Rick Martinez, Director, Administrative Services Division New Mexico Environment Department
      Ron Haugen, Superintendent Gadsden Independent School District
      What: World Asthma Day
      Press Event and Classroom Session with Elementary School Students
      When: Tuesday, May 4
      9 a.m. - 11 a.m.
      Where: Sunland Park Elementary
      305 Alto Vista,
      Sunland Park, New Mexico

Highlights: Assistant Administrator Holmstead will teach a course to elementary students on indoor air quality issues and their effects on asthma, allergies and student performance in school. New Mexico's commitment to protecting student health in schools by implementing U.S. EPA's Indoor Air Quality Tools for Schools Program will be noted.


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