Proposal Essay On Asthma

My name is Melisa Fay and I am here as a concerned college student who is also representing Regis College for the City of Weston. I wish to express our support of S. 1195, “An Act Relative to Healthy Schools.”
I am here to testify in support of S. 1195, “The Healthy Cleaning Products Act”. Senator Michael O. Moore sponsors this bill. This bill’s purpose is to reduce the health risks especially asthma from cleaning products in specific areas. In the specific areas of schools, hospitals and other health care facilities, day care centers, public buildings, and public housing, cleaning products are only allowed if stated on the Healthy Cleaning Products list. I am fully in support of this bill because these specific areas will now be regulated on the specific cleaning products being used. Also the Massachusetts Department of Public Health supports S.1195.
According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC, 2015), Asthma within the United States is among millions of children and adults. The number of adults who are currently living with asthma is 18.7 million and children 6.8 million (CDC, 2015). As of 2008 Massachusetts alone had a high rate of children and adults living with asthma then the United States (CDC, 2008). Even though asthma is a chronic
In 2010 a “Cleaning for Healthier Schools Infection Control Handbook” was created by members of the workgroup Cleaning for Healthier Schools Infection Control (CDPH, 2010). This was a huge accomplishment by the workgroup after several conference calls that went on for many years. This handbook is designed for school systems to “implement effective infection-control practices while minimizing the use of, and exposure to, toxic products” (CDPH, 2010). Its purpose is to educate users about what they are using for cleaning products and where the proper places are for