More Black Americans die from effects of air pollution, study shows

Differences in the age-adjusted PM2.5-attributable mortality rate between race/ethnicities at the county level for the period 2000 to 2016. Credit: Nature Medicine (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41591-024-03117-0 Everyone knows that air pollution is bad for health, but how bad depends a lot on who you are. People of different races and ethnicities, education levels, locations and socioeconomic situations tend to be exposed to different degrees of air pollution. Even at the same exposure levels, people’s ability to cope with its effects—by accessing timely health care, for example—varies. A new study by Stanford Medicine researchers and collaborators, which takes into account both exposure Read More