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Environmental Racism in the South Bronxnew

One in four children in the Hunts Point neighborhood has asthma. While urban planners and public health specialists are still struggling to find the cause for the community's disturbingly high asthma rates, for parents like Tanya Fields there is no question that it's the air they breathe that makes their children wheeze.
New York Press  |  Gabriele Steinhauser  |  05-08-2008  |  Science

Clean Air at the Port Could Cost Small Truckersnew

As the Oakland port wades into a battle over clean air, some truckers are worried that they'll bear the brunt of the costs.
East Bay Express  |  Emma Brown  |  05-01-2008  |  Business & Labor

Clearing the Air: Ionizers and Ozonenew

Drummed out of the cancer cure corps due to non-performance, ozone has risen again like an air-cleaning phoenix.
Boise Weekly  |  Dr. Ed Rabin  |  11-18-2005  |  Science

Ex-Officer Tells Her Side of Scandalnew

Renatta FrazierĀ¹s "tell-all" book coughs up answers about, and a few mistakes in, the life of a Springfield cop. Frazier is the black female cop who was wrongly accused of failing to prevent a rape.
Illinois Times  |  Dusty Rhodes  |  02-05-2005  |  Nonfiction

Bush's Radical Agenda: Bobby Kennedy Jr. Takes On Dirty Airnew

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a leading environmental attorney, speaks out on how White House air quality policies are responsible for the deaths of 30,000 Americans each year; and how 630,000 U.S. children are born each year exposed to dangerous mercury levels in the womb.
Eugene Weekly  |  Ted Taylor  |  10-06-2004  |  Environment

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