LIFESTYLE
JUNE 2020 | VOLUME 1 | ISSUE 2
URBAN CENTERS TYPICALLY HAVE HIGHER CONCENTRATIONS OF BOTH AIR POLLUTANTS AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. THE POLLUTANT’S FINE PARTICLES PENETRATE DEEP INSIDE THE BODY, EXCACERBATING HYPERTENSION, HEART DISEASE, BREATHING ISSUES, AND DIABETES; SOME OF THE LEADING CAUSES OF HEALTH-RELATED ISSUES IN BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES.
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JASON H. WYNN
MASK OFF: A LETHAL STANCE BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER COVID-19
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“If you’re getting COVID, and you have been breathing polluted air, it’s really putting gasoline on a fire.” — Francesca Dominici, Harvard University Biostatistics Professor 26/ 0 4 6
