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Nanette Barragán: “There has been no discussion about the cost on public health and the cost on the negative impacts for people who live in…”

On the recordJune 19, 2019
There has been no discussion about the cost on public health and the cost on the negative impacts for people who live in communities that are disproportionately having to take the burden of higher air pollution.
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Nanette Barragán
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Barragan highlights the public health crisis caused by air pollution in low-income communities.

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