• Children are facing risks that will affect their ability to learn
• Study covered 90,000 schools across the US
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Rosa Trent with her children, Angel Hernandez and Marissa Trent on their porch in Camden, New Jersey, which is one of the most polluted areas in new research. Angel suffers from asthma. Photograph: Fred R Conrad for the Guardian
Schoolchildren across the US are plagued by air pollution that’s linked to multiple brain-related problems, with black, Hispanic and low-income students most likely to be exposed to a fug of harmful toxins at school, scientists and educators have warned.
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Air pollution: black, Hispanic and poor students most at risk from toxins – study
Environmental Justice in America
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Oliver Milman in New Jersey @olliemilman Thu 1 Feb 2018 04.00 EST
Last modified on Fri 2 Mar 2018 10.17 EST
School children across the US are plagued by air pollution that’s linked to multiple brain-related problems, with black, Hispanic and low-income students most likely to be exposed to a fug of harmful toxins at school, scientists and educators have warned.
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