Scientists at Colorado State University confirmed that racially segregated areas in the US suffer from poor air quality
During the Covid peak in 2020, marginalized races or colored races were prone to Coronavirus and got infected severely.
Now the scientists at Colorado State University suggest that there is a link between air quality and racial segregation based on their research of five years worth of data.
Their research claims that the racially segregated counties in the US suffer from poor air quality, with particles that are less than 2.5 micrometers in diameter, which makes it easy for them to travel down the respiratory tract and harm the human body.
The air in these counties is a mixture of wildfire smoke and smoke from vehicles and factories.
Moreover, the air contains particles such as; lead, chromium, vanadium, manganese, nickel, iron, and copper which can harm liver, kidneys, high blood pressure, nervous system damage, and affect cognitive functions.
Scientists suggest that these metals remain in the densely concentrated atmosphere where they are produced and do not disintegrate into air.
They further mentioned that these metals stay in air which the residents inhale and that puts them at risk.