EPA study finds schools with high air toxin exposure risk disproportionately affect minority children.

The EPA has completed a study showing that U.S. public schools with the highest exposure risk to air toxics have a higher proportion of minority children, especially disabled Hispanic and Latino students. Children are at greater risk due to their higher respiratory rates. The study, which used 2018 EPA data, identified the top 5% of schools at risk. Future research will examine 2020 data and additional factors like poverty and urbanicity.

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