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Aug 31, 2020

Nationally, Air Pollution Has Fallen in Recent Decades. But Disparities Between Communities Persist.

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Air pollution can have serious consequences for a person’s quality of life. Inhaling high concentrations of “fine particulate matter,” or particles approximately 40 times smaller than a grain of sand, has been linked to cancer, heart disease, and even death Jonathan Colmer told an online audience last week.

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