An asthma diagnosis led him to document Detroit's air pollution
Climate Connections

An asthma diagnosis led him to document Detroit's air pollution

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 22, 20261 min
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Darren Riley learned that pollution from an oil refinery, industrial facilities, and heavy truck traffic could be affecting his community's health. Learn more at https://www.yaleclimateconnections.org/

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I'm Dr. Anthony Leiserwitz and this is Climate Connections. Trucks, power plants and factories that burn fossil fuels emit pollution that's harmful to breed and nearby neighborhoods bear the brunt of the burden. Darren Riley learned this firsthand when he moved to a highly polluted area of southwest

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Detroit in his 20s and developed asthma a couple years later. As an adult, having a chronic illness really made me look around like, what in my environment is impacting this? And lo and behold, our zip code has one of the highest rates of asthma in the state of

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Michigan. Southwest Detroit is home to an oil refinery, industrial facilities, and heavy truck traffic. I truly have this fundamental belief that the five digits that we call the zip code should not be a determinant of your life expectancy.

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