EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson to Highlight Asthma Awareness on May 11 Visit to Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Mo. (KS, MO)
Environmental News
MEDIA ADVISORY
(Kansas City, Kan., May 9, 2011)
– EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson will visit
Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics in Kansas City, Mo.,
on Wednesday, May 11, to highlight May as National Asthma Awareness
Month. During her Kansas City visit, Administrator Jackson will
share information with the public about EPA’s initiatives to
bring awareness to the disease, and will formally recognize the
newly established Center for Environmental Health at
Children’s Mercy. The Administrator will also discuss
EPA’s recently-proposed Mercury and Air Toxics Standards,
which would prevent 120,000 cases of childhood asthma symptoms each
year.
The parent of a child with asthma,
Administrator Jackson will tour Children’s Mercy’s
nationally-known pediatric asthma care facilities and visit with
patients and their families, as well as hospital researchers,
administrators, physicians and staff. Administrator Jackson will
also address a group of healthcare community stakeholders about
asthma awareness and EPA’s continuing efforts to improve the
nation’s air quality, prior to participating in an open press
conference. All of the events hosted at Children’s Mercy will
be open to press coverage.
WHAT: EPA Administrator Lisa P.
Jackson’s Visit to Highlight Asthma Awareness
WHERE: Children’s Mercy
Hospitals and Clinics
2401 Gillham Road, Kansas City, Mo.
64108
William P. Harsh Community Room
11 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. – Press conference
Main Lobby/Rotunda
Parking is available in the garage immediately to the left as you come up the driveway at the main entrance off Gillham Road. Park on any level and take the elevator up to the ground floor. Staff will meet you there to provide further guidance.
Learn more about EPA’s initiatives to raise awareness of asthma:
http://www.epa.gov/asthma/index.html
Learn more about EPA’s Mercury and Air Toxics Standards:
https://www3.epa.gov/airquality//
Learn more about Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics:
www.childrensmercy.org