William Widmer
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Darren Schnyder, 54, must use a nebulizer to alleviate his chronic respiratory problems. When Pollution is Matter of Life and Death. June 2019. A 2015 report from the Environmental Protection Agency showed that one census tract in St. John Parish, Louisiana had the highest risk of cancer from air pollution in the nation. Why didn’t that mean the government had to act? Photographs made on assignment to illustrate an opinion piece by Sharon Lerner.
The New York Times