Scientists found particles in the brain stems which come from air pollution. They also discovered signs of molecular damage which is similar to that which leads to Alzheimer's Disease.
While companies have changed practices and merged, restoration and improving the industrial legacy of Newark, New Jersey will be a long process. Newark's residents are predominately Hispanic, African American and "new immigrants." Low-income citizens and those who live in public housing are situated in some of the zones most affected by pollution.
According to the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), numerous forms of pollution, such as toxic chemicals, are hidden in "plain sight," and those dangerous chemicals are affecting the Latino community. EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy noted more than 3.6 million Latinos have developed asthma in the United States (U.S.), including 1 in 10 Latino children.
Mexican rock band Maná and former Vice President Al Gore get all fiery and heated went it comes to carbon pollution in the earth's atmosphere, which has led to hotter temperatures and longer periods of weather that contribute to increasingly intense drought.
