More Than a Third of All Americans Live in Communities with ‘Hazardous’ Air, Lung Association Finds

Within five miles of Kim Gaddy’s home in the South Ward of Newark, N.J., lies the nation’s third-busiest shipping port, thirteenth-busiest airport and roughly a half dozen major roadways. All told, transportation experts say, the area where Gaddy and her neighbors live sees an average of roughly 20,000 truck trips each day. Researchers cite the … Continue reading More Than a Third of All Americans Live in Communities with ‘Hazardous’ Air, Lung Association Finds