TODAY: E.P.A. Administrator, Senator Booker and Mayor Baraka to Visit Newark’s New Community Air Pollution Plan

WASHINGTON - Today, E.P.A. (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy will join community members at Newark, N.J.'s Ironbound neighborhood Family Success Center to launch a new community air monitor, a 1st of its kind citizen science project. Administrator McCarthy will discuss the agency's work on air quality and how citizen science plays an important role in scientific analysis.

Twenty-five percent of Newark children suffer from asthma, 3 times the state average, and asthma accounts for the leading cause of absenteeism for Newark's school age children. Accurate and timely information on air pollution is critical to protecting public health. With data in hand, people can take action to keep themselves and their families safe and healthy.

WHO: E.P.A. Administrator Gina McCarthy
Senator Cory Booker
Mayor Ras J. Baraka
Isella Ramirez, Ironbound Community Corporation


WHEN: Friday, March 13, 10:15 a.m. EDT


WHERE: Newark's Ironbound Community Corporation Family Success Center- East
29 Cortland Street
Newark, New Jersey 07105


RSVP: Media interested in attending the event should RSVP to [email protected].

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