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Nanette Barragán: “I think of black and brown children forced to live in neighborhoods where the air quality standards are astonishingly…”

On the recordFebruary 5, 2019
I think of black and brown children forced to live in neighborhoods where the air quality standards are astonishingly low and the use of asthma inhalers is alarmingly high.
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Nanette Barragán
Democratic · California

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Barragan points out the health risks faced by children in polluted communities.

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