 Asthma is a serious, sometimes life-threatening respiratory disease that affects the quality of life for millions of Americans. 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.
Americans spend up to 90% of their time indoors. Indoor exposure to asthma triggers plays an important role in asthma in the U.S. By knowing what the common indoor triggers are and how to control them, we can reduce the effects of asthma! Click on the link below to learn more about asthma, environmental asthma triggers and ways to reduce your exposure to them:
http://www.epa.gov/iaq/asthma/about.html
Strategies for reducing environmental triggers for people with asthma, allergies, and compromised immune systems are summarized in our Guidelines for Improving Indoor Air section.
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