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Tag: heat
Posted inCLIMATE & ENVIRONMENT

High temperatures and lower air quality will hit the Twin Cities this week. Learn how to track air quality reports and protect your health.

Avatar photo by Sheila Mulrooney Eldred

State and national studies show that people of color, low-income earners, and residents of neighborhoods impacted by historic racist policies–redlining–fare worse than others on low air quality days. Many of those neighborhoods are closer to industrial plants and freeways, which contribute to poor air quality.