Communities of color suffer disproportionately higher pollution-related deaths, finds nitrogen dioxide exposure study

In the United States, premature death associated with exposure to nitrogen dioxide (NO2) pollution—a toxic gas emitted primarily by burning fossil fuels in cars, trucks and power plants—is more likely to impact people of color compared to the white population, a new Northwestern University study has found.

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