https://padlet.com/s1628376/s80abv4jxeh5z0fm idkidkdikdik en-us 2023-02-16 15:13:51 UTC 2023-02-23 18:54:49 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f976.png s1628376 https://padlet.com/s1628376/s80abv4jxeh5z0fm/wish/2485147826 2023-02-16 15:32:42 UTC https://padlet.com/s1628376/s80abv4jxeh5z0fm/wish/2485147826 s1628376 https://padlet.com/s1628376/s80abv4jxeh5z0fm/wish/2485155084 Each year air pollution is responsible for nearly seven million deaths around the globe.]]> 2023-02-16 15:37:43 UTC https://padlet.com/s1628376/s80abv4jxeh5z0fm/wish/2485155084 s1628376 https://padlet.com/s1628376/s80abv4jxeh5z0fm/wish/2485158533 Nine out of ten human beings currently breathe air that exceeds the WHO’s guideline limits for pollutants, with those living in low- and middle-income countries suffering the most.]]> 2023-02-16 15:40:03 UTC https://padlet.com/s1628376/s80abv4jxeh5z0fm/wish/2485158533 s1628376 https://padlet.com/s1628376/s80abv4jxeh5z0fm/wish/2485159255 2023-02-16 15:40:32 UTC https://padlet.com/s1628376/s80abv4jxeh5z0fm/wish/2485159255 s1628376 https://padlet.com/s1628376/s80abv4jxeh5z0fm/wish/2489811011 In 2019 the Union of Concerned Scientists found that soot exposure was 34 percent higher for Asian Americans, on average, than for other Americans. For Black people, the exposure rate was 24 percent higher; for Latinos, 23 percent higher.]]> 2023-02-21 14:44:07 UTC https://padlet.com/s1628376/s80abv4jxeh5z0fm/wish/2489811011 s1628376 https://padlet.com/s1628376/s80abv4jxeh5z0fm/wish/2489811676 2023-02-21 14:44:28 UTC https://padlet.com/s1628376/s80abv4jxeh5z0fm/wish/2489811676 s1628376 https://padlet.com/s1628376/s80abv4jxeh5z0fm/wish/2489812817 4.5 million deaths were linked to outdoor air pollution exposures in 2019, and another 2.2 million deaths were caused by indoor air pollution.]]> 2023-02-21 14:45:07 UTC https://padlet.com/s1628376/s80abv4jxeh5z0fm/wish/2489812817 s1628376 https://padlet.com/s1628376/s80abv4jxeh5z0fm/wish/2489813376 2023-02-21 14:45:31 UTC https://padlet.com/s1628376/s80abv4jxeh5z0fm/wish/2489813376 s1628376 https://padlet.com/s1628376/s80abv4jxeh5z0fm/wish/2489815334 Some four out of ten U.S. residents—135 million people—live in counties with unhealthy levels of air pollution, according to the 2021 State of the Air report by the American Lung Association (ALA). Since the annual report was first published, in 2000, its findings have shown how the Clean Air Act has been able to reduce harmful emissions from transportation, power plants, and manufacturing.
The latest report—which focuses on ozone, year-round particle pollution, and short-term particle pollution—also finds that people of color are 61 percent more likely than white people to live in a county with a failing grade in at least one of those categories, and three times more likely to live in a county that fails in all three.]]> 2023-02-21 14:46:51 UTC https://padlet.com/s1628376/s80abv4jxeh5z0fm/wish/2489815334 s1628376 https://padlet.com/s1628376/s80abv4jxeh5z0fm/wish/2489817128 Redlining- Historically, racist zoning policies and the discriminatory lending practices have combined to keep polluting industries and car-choked highways away from white neighborhoods and have turned communities of color—especially poor and working-class communities of color—into sacrifice zones where residents are forced to breathe dirty air and suffer the many health problems associated with it. In addition to the increased health risks that come from living in such places, members of these communities experience economic harm in the form of missed workdays, higher medical costs, and local underinvestment.]]> 2023-02-21 14:48:09 UTC https://padlet.com/s1628376/s80abv4jxeh5z0fm/wish/2489817128 s1628376 https://padlet.com/s1628376/s80abv4jxeh5z0fm/wish/2489817540 2023-02-21 14:48:27 UTC https://padlet.com/s1628376/s80abv4jxeh5z0fm/wish/2489817540 s1628376 https://padlet.com/s1628376/s80abv4jxeh5z0fm/wish/2489819164 - If you live or work in an area prone to wildfires, stay away from the harmful smoke as much as you’re able. Consider keeping a small stock of masks to wear when conditions are poor.

- Wear sunscreen. When ultraviolet radiation comes through the weakened ozone layer, it can cause skin damage and skin cancer.

- If you exercise outside, stay as far as you can from heavily trafficked roads. Then shower and wash your clothes to remove fine particles.]]> 2023-02-21 14:49:43 UTC https://padlet.com/s1628376/s80abv4jxeh5z0fm/wish/2489819164 s1628376 https://padlet.com/s1628376/s80abv4jxeh5z0fm/wish/2489827442 today's Air Quality Index (AQI):

PM 2.5 
- 59 -
MODERATE

OZONE- Good

PM10- Good]]> 2023-02-21 14:55:52 UTC https://padlet.com/s1628376/s80abv4jxeh5z0fm/wish/2489827442 s1628376 https://padlet.com/s1628376/s80abv4jxeh5z0fm/wish/2492676054 (low income % and people of color %.)
RED
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1: 
Low Income: | 89 %ile
People of Color: | 92 %ile

2: 
Low Income: | 71 %ile
People of Color: | 93 %ile

3:
Low Income: | 89 %ile
People of Color: | 91 %ile

GREY
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1:
Low Income: | 36 %ile
People of Color: | 48 %ile

2:
Low Income: | 22 %ile
People of Color: | 54 %ile

3:
Low Income: | 0 %ile
People of Color: | 74 %ile
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The differences between the red and grey areas so far is that the low income rate and people of color percentage are more increased in red than in grey.]]> 2023-02-23 14:53:05 UTC https://padlet.com/s1628376/s80abv4jxeh5z0fm/wish/2492676054 s1628376 https://padlet.com/s1628376/s80abv4jxeh5z0fm/wish/2493008616 Environmental injustice in Houston is sadly a thing. People living in low income areas where factories releases chemicals that can harm individuals which can cause cancer in future children and adults.

SOLUTIONS:

-Enforce rules on these type of industries (hold them accountable)
-Have more people support going against these polluters.]]> 2023-02-23 18:54:49 UTC https://padlet.com/s1628376/s80abv4jxeh5z0fm/wish/2493008616