Pollution Is Ravaging Minority Communities—And So Is The Coronavirus

Across the country, low-income communities of color are exposed to significantly higher levels of pollution. As a result, these communities suffer from higher levels of lung disease and cancer.

In the age of Coronavirus, scientists are now scrambling to make a connection between long-term exposure to air pollution and the disproportionately high mortality rates of Coronavirus in minority communities.

Is environmental racism partially to blame for the Coronavirus' toll on minority neighborhoods everywhere