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EPA Will Launch 2004 Fight Against Asthma, Debut New Video

Release Date: 04/29/2004
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(Washington, D.C. - April 29, 2004) To help Spanish-speaking Americans recognize asthma triggers and prevent asthma, EPA will hold events in the Southwest to release the Spanish-language video Controlando Los Factores del Asthma and new public education materials. EPA officials will join state and local representatives on May 3 in El Paso, Texas and May 4 in Sunland Park, N.M. May 4 is World Asthma Day, and May marks Asthma Awareness Month.

Attention Assignment Editors: VNR and B-Roll are Available by Satellite Coordinates.
Here are the feed coordinates:

Feed Date: Monday, May 3
Feed Time: 2 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. EST (dedicated)
Coordinates: C Band: Telstar (C) 6/Transponder 15/Audio 6.2 and 6.8 DL: 4000 (V)
Re-Feed Date: Tuesday, May 4
Re-Feed Time: 2 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. EST (dedicated)
Coordinates: C Band: Telstar (C) 5/Transponder 23 /Audio 6.2 and 6.8 DL: 4160 (V)

Who: Jeff Holmstead, Assistant Administrator, Office of Air and Radiation, U.S. EPA
Stephen Riter, Ph.D. University Provost and Vice-president for Academic Affairs
University of Texas at El Paso
Ann Pauli, President and Chief Executive Officer of Paso del Norte Health Foundation

What: Launch of Controlando Los Factores del Asthma and Asthma Awareness Month

When: Monday, May 3
5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m.

Where: Undergraduate Learning Center, Room 128
University of Texas at El Paso
500 West University Avenue
El Paso, Texas

Contact: Lina Younes, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 202-564-9924

Who: State Senator Cynthia Nava (invited)
Jeff Holmstead, Assistant Administrator, Office of Air and Radiation, U.S. EPA
Rick Martinez, Director, Administrative Services Division New Mexico Environment Department
Ron Haugen, Superintendent Gadsden Independent School District

What: World Asthma Day
Press Event and Classroom Session with Elementary School Students

When: Tuesday, May 4
9 a.m. - 11 a.m.

Where: Sunland Park Elementary
305 Alto Vista,
Sunland Park, New Mexico

Highlights: Assistant Administrator Holmstead will teach a course to elementary students on indoor air quality issues and their effects on asthma, allergies and student performance in school. New Mexico's commitment to protecting student health in schools by implementing U.S. EPA's Indoor Air Quality Tools for Schools Program will be noted.