Joseph Knollenberg: “it is safe for our children to go outside and play again. The EPA's PM-2.5 ozone standards are being questioned again by…”

“it is safe for our children to go outside and play again. The EPA's PM-2.5 ozone standards are being questioned again by experts. In Newsweek's cover story on asthma, Dr. Thomas Platts-Mills of UVA's Asthma Disease Center says it is biologically, and I am quoting, ``it is biologically abnormal behavior'' for American kids to spend so much inactive time in front of TVs and computers. With air quality improving, many are beginning to question the correlation between fine particulates and asthma cases. Instead, the real culprit, the real asthma culprit, might be hiding right inside our homes. Cockroaches, dust mites, molds, and animal dander may be the real cause for concern. A recent study featured in the New England Journal of Medicine examined 476 asthmatic kids and found that cockroach allergies emerged as a key to increased asthma attacks. They no longer need to be scared of lions and tigers and bears, but watch out for roaches, mites and mold. So America, open up the doors and windows, and send the children out to play with a deep breath of fresh air.”