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Cory Booker: the asthma rates are about three, four times higher. No. 1 reason why children are missing schools; the lack of…

On the recordApril 18, 2016
the asthma rates are about three, four times higher. No. 1 reason why children are missing schools; the lack of productivity, the impact it has on that child's overall success is pretty dramatic, and that evidence is pretty iron clad, correct?
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Cory Booker
Democratic · New Jersey

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Booker highlights the severe impact of air quality on children's health and education.

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