On Friday, Nov 1 at 10pm kqed.org hosted an online discussion. The featured guests were Harold J. Farber, M.D., Megan Webb, and Dr. Ira B. Tager. The guests are no longer on line and the discussion is not active however you can read the discussion here.

Harold J. Farber, MD, Pediatric Pulmonologist, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, and author of the book Control Your Child's Asthma: A Breakthrough Program for the Treatment and Management of Childhood Asthma (Henry Holt & Co., May 2001). You can view his web site at: http://www.permanente.net/doctor/harold_farber/.

Megan Webb is the Senior Consultant and former Director of the Community Action to Fight Asthma (CAFA), a California wide network of 12 coalitions that seeks to reduce indoor and outdoor environmental risk factors among school aged children with asthma.

Ira B. Tager, MD, Professor of Epidemiology, Division of Public Health Biology & Epidemiology UC Berkeley Scholl of Public Health.