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Asthma
Concerned for Your Child's Asthma? Pollution Near Schools May Be the Problem
January 11th, 2009
The nation's focus has returned to the safety of our schools with the second article by USA TODAY in a series on school siting. Working closely with the Center for Health, Environment & Justice (CHEJ), USA TODAY examined the environmental danger of a school located in the shadow of one of our nation's largest oil refineries. Wyandotte Early Education Center serves local 4 year-olds, whose developing lungs are particularly susceptible to the sulfuric acid, naphthalene, ammonia and benzene that the ExxonMobil plant belches into the surrounding air. The refinery has already been fined by the EPA for failing to monitor and control sulfur gasses that can cause respiratory...
Source: Pharma Investments, Ventures & Law Weekly (2009-01-11)
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