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Beloit’s Air Crisis and the Fight for Cleaner Breaths | Milwaukee News
Beloit, Wisconsin, is grappling with alarming air quality that’s triggering asthma spikes and forcing evacuations — including a professor’s summer research program shut down by Canadian wildfire smoke. Asthma hospitalizations in Rock County are nearly 40% above the state average, with kids facing emergency visits at a rate of one every two and a half days. Vulnerable communities near industrial sites are bearing the brunt, as pollution worsens existing health issues — one mom described a bus ride where six inhalers were needed for 22 girls. While city officials push for better monitoring and…
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