The color-coded forecasts can let you know when the air is unhealthy in your community. Check daily air pollution forecasts in your area. Breathing in particle pollution can increase the risk of lung cancer. Lack of access to health care, grocery stores and good jobs; poorer job opportunities; dirtier workplaces; and higher traffic exposure are among the factors that could handicap groups and increase the risk of harm. Higher-income blacks who had higher income than many whites still faced greater risk than those whites, suggesting that the impact of other factors such as chronic stress as a result of discrimination may be playing a role. Another large study found that Hispanics and Asians, but especially blacks, had a higher risk of premature death from particle pollution than whites did. People of color also may be more likely to live in counties with higher levels of pollution. However, since few rural counties have monitors, the primarily older, non-Hispanic white residents of those counties lack information about the air quality in their communities. Chang says that if newsprint were kept completely out of sunlight and air, it would remain white.

SpaceShipOne and White Knight took off at 9:45 EST, and SpaceShipOne was released from White Knight at around 50,000 feet. Recent studies have looked at the mortality in the Medicaid population and found that those who live in predominately black or African American communities suffered greater risk of premature death from particle pollution than those who live in communities that are predominately white. Studies of Atlanta, GA, found that particle pollution increased the risk of asthma attacks for zip codes where poverty was high and among people eligible for Medicaid. A 2008 study of Washington, DC, found that while poor air quality and worsened asthma went hand in hand in areas where Medicaid enrollment was high, the areas with the highest Medicaid enrollment did not always have the strongest association of high air pollution and asthma attacks. 2. Avoid exercising outdoors when pollution levels are high. Due to decades of residential segregation, African Americans tend to live where there is greater exposure to air pollution. The storm surge happened so quickly that there was no time to issue a flash flood warning.

Scientists have speculated that there are three broad reasons why disparities may exist. For example, people of color are among the groups most at risk from air pollutants, and the elderly, African Americans, Mexican Americans and people living near a central city have higher incidence of diabetes. Nearly four in ten people in the U.S. Many studies have explored the differences in harm from air pollution to racial or ethnic groups and people who are in a low socioeconomic position, have less education, or live nearer to major sources of pollution, including a workshop the American Lung Association held in 2001 that focused on urban air pollution and health inequities. Many studies have looked at differences in the impact of air pollution on premature death. Multiple large studies show evidence of that link. In August 2011, the Turkish Air Force launched multiple aerial raids against the PKK in Iraq, striking 132 targets in six days. Recent updates to the Air Quality Index give the public more accurate information about the health risk from air pollution, and when to take measures to protect themselves on bad air days. In a 2008 study that found greater risk for premature death for communities with higher African American populations, researchers also found greater risk for people living in areas with higher unemployment or higher use of public transportation.

Other researchers have found greater risk for African Americans from hazardous air pollutants, including those pollutants that also come from traffic sources. Non-Hispanic blacks and Hispanics were more likely to live in counties that had worse problems with particle pollution, researchers found in a 2011 analysis. Non-Hispanic blacks were also more likely to live in counties with worse ozone pollution. Climate change increases the risk of wildfires whose smoke spreads dangerous particle pollution. Climate change enhances conditions for ozone pollution to form and makes it harder clean up communities where ozone levels are high. Why do I need to change my filter regularly? Nearly all are designed to be replaced, and all certifications are done with the life of the filter in mind. People of color and people with lower incomes are disproportionately affected by air pollution that puts them at higher risk for illness. The most recent EPA review of the research on the health effects of particle pollution concluded that nonwhite populations, especially blacks, faced higher risk from particle pollution. People who work or exercise outside face increased risk from the effects of air pollution. If you live or work near a busy highway, traffic pollution may put you at greater risk of health harm.