Houses near an oil refinery in Wilmington, California on June 24, 2009. Citizen of the Planet / Education Images / Universal Images Group via Getty Images
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Air pollution emissions in the United States have decreased considerably since the Clean Air Act of 1970 was enacted, but the benefits have not always been equally felt.
According to a new study by researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, the amount of the improvements is largely dependent on demographics, with socioeconomic and racial/ethnic inequalities in air pollution reductions felt especially in the energy and industry sectors, a press release from the Columbia Mailman School…
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