Study: Air pollution disproportionately impacts minority communities

Air pollution is having disproportionate impacts on minority communities, according to a new study from UC San Diego.

Researchers found Asian and Hispanic communities have much more air pollution than predominantly white neighborhoods.

“Freeways have historically been built through communities of color and of course people have been displaced because of that but are also now located near it,” said Pascal Polonik, a UC San Diego researcher.

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