The article highlights the severe impact of air pollution on children, particularly in neighborhoods like the South Bronx, which has a significantly higher asthma risk than the national average. With high traffic and industrial activities leading to harmful particulate matter emissions, the health consequences include increased emergency room visits and death rates, especially among communities of color. It criticizes current governmental policies, as the Trump administration has been dismantling efforts to improve air quality, exacerbating the public health crisis faced by low-income populations and communities heavily affected by pollution.
Children in the South Bronx face a 17% asthma risk, over double the national average, due to toxic pollution from surrounding highways and industrial activities.
Increased emergency room visits, cancer rates, and premature deaths are direct consequences of policies that pollute communities, particularly affecting low-income areas and communities of color.
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