Live near a busy street? Do you have a child with asthma living in your home? If you answer yes to both questions, you should know about a new study from UC Irvine.

Asthmatic children between the ages of 1 and 3 needed repeated hospitalization if they lived near pollution emissions from traffic, according to Dr. Ralph J. Delfino.

He and colleagues studied records for 2,768 children from two hospitals in northern Orange County. Read about it here.

I've heard lots from people who doubt research, the media and the whole idea that there's really an air quality problem here. Please, feel free to comment on this research too.

I wonder how many of the doubters have an asthmatic child under the age of 3.