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Neighborhood pollution contributing to higher asthma rates among Black Americans

"In Newark, New Jersey, where the population is 50 percent Black and 36 percent Latino, the rate of emergency visits for asthma is more than ten times greater than in Livingston, a mostly white community within the same county. A major factor is the pollution, advocates say."


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