Home » World » Fires in Arizona affect the Latino community with high levels of pollution, respiratory diseases and financial losses | Univision Phoenix KTVW

Fires in Arizona affect the Latino community with high levels of pollution, respiratory diseases and financial losses | Univision Phoenix KTVW

“In Arizona, for example, a 66% of Latinos live in counties with high air pollution, this also for example the communities highly or mostly African American or Latina women south and west of Phoenix have one of the highest rates of asthma in the country, This is something that should not surprise us if we take into account that precisely in these communities most of the smoke comes to lodge ”, explains Jessica Ordóñez-Lancet, Climate Power spokesperson.

Leave a Comment

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.