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Air pollution more likely to harm people of color in Wisconsin, especially in Milwaukee, study finds

Quoted: “It is shocking that Wisconsin has the third-highest racial disparity in the country for

exposure to particulate matter, disproportionately killing black residents,” said Dr. Claire Gervais, a clinical associate professor with the University of Wisconsin Department of Family Medicine and Community Health.

“Doctors can only do so much. We must have better public policy to reduce industrial and transportation sources of fossil fuel burning,” Gervais said.