Help increase awareness that air pollution can trigger heart attacks, strokes and worsen heart conditions by using these resources. Here’s what you can do:

• Link to the Healthy Heart website
• Link to the PSA and share with others Exit
• Include an article in your newsletter or educational materials for the public
• Share information with your twitter followers
• Use the graphic on your educational materials

Key Messages

• Air pollution can affect heart health and can trigger heart attacks and strokes that cause disability and death.
• One in three Americans has cardiovascular disease and is at higher risk from exposure to air pollution.
• People with heart disease can use the Air Quality Index to help reduce their exposure to air pollution and protect their heart.
• A top priority of EPA is to improve air quality. EPA scientists and partners conduct research to better understand air pollution’s impacts on heart health.

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Related Resources

• Have Heart Disease?
• Heart Disease, Stroke and Air Pollution
• What health care providers should know about particle pollution and cardiovascular risk
• Air Pollution and Heart Disease
• EPA Releases New PSA for American Heart Month
• More resources

Key Links

• Healthy Heart
• Air Now
• Million Hearts Exit
• American Heart Association Exit