More Than a Third of All Americans Live in Communities with ‘Hazardous’ Air, Lung Association Finds - Inside Climate News

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More Than a Third of All Americans Live in Communities with ‘Hazardous’ Air, Lung Association Finds - Inside Climate News

In its annual “State of the Air” report, the group noted that while poor air quality is pervasive, communities of color are more than twice as likely to experience the worst impacts.By Victoria St. MartinWithin five miles of Kim Gaddy’s home in the South Ward of Newark, N.J., lies the nation’s third-busiest shipping port, thirteenth-busiest airport and roughly a half dozen major roadways. All told, transportation experts say, the area where Gadd…