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Fuming over pollution: Air quality near Peace Bridge linked to high asthma rates on West Side

2013-05-26 15:37:40| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Buffalo News: DYouville Porter School is a few blocks from the Peace Bridge. Some 660 students attend the elementary school. A quarter have asthma. Instruction at the school includes reading, writing and, for some pupils, how to use an inhaler. It is very difficult for these kids who are having asthma problems, said Assunta Ventresca, director of health-related services for the Buffalo Public Schools. Asthma is an epidemic on the Lower West Side. The victims, sometimes wheezing and struggling for...

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