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Breathing unequal air in the UK

Does pollution affect immigrant populations disproportionately?

In this episode, host Chris Coates looks at air pollution and in particular how common is it for immigrant populations to live in more polluted areas. His guests are Tobias Rüttenauer, Assistant Professor in Quantitative Social Sciences UCL and L’myah Sherae, Director of Enact Equality, a non-profit organisation which campaigns for racial justice and equality in the UK.

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Ethnicity and immigration Health and wellbeing Transport and environment

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