Health risks in Black, poor communities increasing from Canada’s wildfire smoke

These communities more likely to live in areas with higher levels of pollution.

DETROIT (AP) — Smoky air from Canada’s wildfires shrouded broad swaths of the U.S. from Minnesota to New York and Kentucky on Wednesday, prompting warnings to stay inside and exacerbating health risks for people already suffering from industrial pollution.

The impacts are particularly hard on poor and minority communities that are  today!

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