{"id":3405,"date":"2020-06-17T21:28:54","date_gmt":"2020-06-17T21:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stage.coreytegeler.com\/coi-temp\/?post_type=project&p=3405"},"modified":"2021-09-21T19:57:05","modified_gmt":"2021-09-21T19:57:05","slug":"maria-lopez-nunez-on-pollution-and-covid-19-in-newark","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/stage.coreytegeler.com\/coi\/project\/maria-lopez-nunez-on-pollution-and-covid-19-in-newark\/","title":{"rendered":"Maria Lopez-Nu\u00f1ez on Pollution and COVID-19 in Newark"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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According to an April 13, 2020 article on NJ.com<\/em>,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“New research from Harvard public health experts has found a link between air pollution and COVID-19 fatalities. That means people in New Jersey \u2014 particularly those in urban areas \u2014 may face a greater risk of dying from the coronavirus.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The article features HAL community partner, Maria Lopez-Nu\u00f1ez:  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMaria Lopez-Nu\u00f1ez isn\u2019t surprised by the Harvard study either. As the deputy director of organizing and advocacy for the Ironbound Community Corporation (ICC)<\/a>, which works on environmental justice and other issues in Newark, she’s seen how air pollution hits low-income, urban communities of color like Brick City especially hard.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMost people I know have respiratory issues,\u201d Lopez-Nu\u00f1ez said. \u201cA lot of folks in our community just have trouble breathing.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The lasting impact of air pollution is just one stressor on these communities during this pandemic, Lopez-Nu\u00f1ez said. Higher than normal rates of health problems, like diabetes, add to the vulnerability of these groups.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor so many reasons in black and brown communities, we already have these underlying issues,” Lopez-Nu\u00f1ez said. “It\u2019s made baring the impacts of coronavirus that much scarier.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Read the full article here: “N.J.’s coronavirus death toll is likely higher thanks to decades of dirty air”<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn more about how pollution caused by Covanta, a corporation that provides incineration services in Newark, is contributing to health issues such as cancer and asthma in local residents and how ICC is fighting back: Covanta: Ironbound\u2019s Unwanted Neighbor<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn more about the environmental issues in Newark, NJ: Building Resistance in a Burdened Community<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2660,"template":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stage.coreytegeler.com\/coi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/3405"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stage.coreytegeler.com\/coi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stage.coreytegeler.com\/coi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/project"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stage.coreytegeler.com\/coi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stage.coreytegeler.com\/coi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}