Childhood asthma signs dangerously deceptive. Some area doctors, nurses, and other health-care providers are alarmed by this year's surge in deaths of asthmatic children, all of whom were diagnosed and under treatment. [News Source]

Officials seek cleaner air. Industrial growth could grind to a halt if DeSoto County, Tennessee's air quality ran afoul of federal standards, not to mention it's bad to breathe polluted air. [News Source]

Bad information breeds harmful legislation. Clearheaded analysis and accurate information is essential in the global warming debate – or narrow political and economic interests could run roughshod over consumers. [News Source]

Air board orders ethanol-gas mix. Gasoline sold in the Golden State will include up to 10 percent ethanol, California air managers decided Thursday, a move the renewable fuels industry says will shift the burgeoning ethanol market into high gear. [News Source]

Ivory Coast seeks extra millions to clear up pollution. Ivory Coast is seeking up to 340mn euros ($450mn) from Dutch-based multinational Trafigura to clear up pollution that killed 15 people, in a draft settlement proposal seen by AFP. [News Source]

City’s worst asthma zones sniffed out. As legislators debate Mayor Bloomberg's congestion-pricing plan, air-pollution samples collected by the Daily News across the city highlight another side of the debate: how the city's clogged streets impact New Yorkers' health. [News Source]

Delay sought in Houston-area smog deadline. Texas officially asked the federal government Friday for an extra nine years to meet health standards for ground-level ozone. [News Source]

A Father’s Day Report – Men, Boys and Environmental Health Threats.

For a number of health outcomes, including cancer, asthma, birth defects, and learning and behavioral disorders, boys are often faring worse than girls.

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Horrors of Hongwei. The lives of residents in a village in northern China are being destroyed by high rates of cancer and what is claimed to be cerebral palsy among their children yet no one has come up with an answer. [News Source]

The inconvenient truth about the carbon offset industry. A Guardian investigation suggests that many carbon offset schemes on offer here are well-meaning but thoroughly unreliable. [News Source]

California regulators approve air plan delay. State air regulators voted to approve a plan asking the federal government for an 11-year extension to bring the San Joaquin Valley's smog-laden air in line with current, tougher federal ozone standards. [News Source]