EPA and American Lung Association Announce New Asthma Research Strategy

10/31/2002

News Advisory:

In honor of national Children's Health Month, EPA Administrator Christie Whitman and John L. Kirkwood, president and CEO of the American Lung Association, will announce the Asthma Research Strategy, a new initiative to advance scientific understanding and prevention of asthma, the most common chronic childhood illness.

WHO: EPA Administrator Christie Whitman Dr. Paul Gilman, Assistant Administrator, EPA Office of Research and Development John L. Kirkwood, President and CEO of the American Lung Association

WHAT: Announce EPA and American Lung Association New Asthma Research Strategy

WHEN: 3:45 p.m., Thursday, October 31, 2002

WHERE: Green Room 3rd floor, Ariel Rios North Building at EPA's headquarters 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW (Metro exit for blue/orange lines is Federal Triangle. As you exit the Metro escalator, go right into the building entrance)

NOTE: Credentialed press only. Credentials mean: photo ID card from the news organization with your name and title; White House of Congressional press Ids. Press with insufficient identification will instead be directed to use the Agency's website (www.epa.gov) for information about the press announcement.