
Episode 6: And They Won, They Won Big
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The Impact of Desil Particulate Omissions in West Oakland
People living in west oakland were experiencing high and sustained levels of stress from their environment. Residents were being exposed to very high levels of various pollutens, especially desil particulate omissions. Desl particulates are the sooty left s from fuel being burned. They belong to cancer asthma emphasima and general respiratory problems. And because kid's lungs are still developing, all these nasty little particles are specially bad for them. The ele meta county public health reports found data that linked pollution to people dying younger in west Oakland. More kids going to the hospital with asthma attacks in westOakland. Chronic disease hitting people harder in westoakland. You've got a sensitive population that
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