Environmental Justice Needs Inclusive Science Education | November | 2023 | Newsroom
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on November 15, 2023
East Harlem, a mostly Black and Latine neighborhood with high poverty rates, has had one of the highest rates of asthma in the city for decades. Children under 17 living in East Harlem are 2.5 times more likely to visit the emergency room for asthma compared to the rest of NYC and 1.7 times more likely to be hospitalized. East Harlem isn’t alone. Across the country, Black people are 30 percent more likely to have asthma and . . .
