For 9 percent of adults to say they can't work, that's huge. This all says to me that we have a particular problem in the Northeast and that the numbers of people who are adversely affected on a day-to-day level and the way that is affecting our economy in terms of loss of productivity and health care costs is also huge. |
Maine has the highest rate of childhood asthma in the country. The good news is that Maine is ahead of the pack cleaning up its school buses. They are a model for New England. |