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ICYMI! "Wyandotte is ground zero right now for COVID-19, and that's not a coincidence. There is a direct link with air pollution and COVID-19." Beto Lugo-Martinez, co-director of MFN member Clean Air Now, quoted in an article published by The Beacon last Friday indicating the clear disparities and health outcomes in Kansas City. www.thebeacon.media/stories/2020/7/27/how-vulnerable-communities-are-at-the-crossroads-of-smog-po...
Like COVID-19, the burden of air pollution is not evenly shared in Kansas and Missouri — The Beacon
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Early research suggests a correlation between positive cases of COVID-19 and deaths in areas with higher levels of ground-level ozone pollution and other types of air pollutants, like particulat...
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ICYMI! "Wyandotte is ground zero right now for COVID-19, and that's not a coincidence."
@betolmartinez, co-director of MFN member @MoKanCAN, in an article by @beacon_news exploring the clear disparities and health outcomes in Kansas City. https://t.co/t8x6hsiZVY
This tremendous piece by @lindsvillarosa goes deep & gets so much right about the wrecking, deadly intersection between racism, segregation, disinvestment in Black communities, industrial poisoning, asthma & cancer. What needs more spotlight ... (1/3)
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