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Chapter
8
Chapter
8

Air Pollution, Exposure to Contaminants, and Education Policy

Sara Grineski & Timothy Collins

Chapter eight focuses on the environmental characteristics that can define neighborhoods and their connection to academic outcomes for students.

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Students attending high risk publish schools for exposure to harmful pollutants are significantly more likely to be eligible for free-reduce price meals and to be Latinx, Black or Asian/Pacific Islander and less likely to be white. Additionally, schools serving the youngest students have greater levels of risks than schools serving older students.”