ApocaDocs: People of color live in neighborhoods with more air pollution than whites, groundbreaking U.S. study shows

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Posted Thu Apr 17 2014: from University of Minnesota:


	People of color live in neighborhoods with more air pollution than whites, groundbreaking U.S. study shows http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1397776106 A first-of-its-kind study has found that on average in the U.S., people of color are exposed to 38 percent higher levels of nitrogen dioxide outdoor air pollution compared to white people. The health impacts from the difference in levels between whites and nonwhites found in the study are substantial. For example, researchers estimate that if nonwhites breathed the lower NO2 levels experienced by whites, it would prevent 7,000 deaths from heart disease alone among nonwhites each year.

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