Air Quality
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- The Bronx has some of the highest rates of asthma in the United States
- Rates of death from asthma in the Bronx are three times higher than the national average
- In some neighborhoods in the Bronx it is estimated that 20% of the children have asthma
Water quality
- West Farms Road, the Bronx Zoo, Bronx Park Avenue and Soundview Park are where storm water sewer locations are located.
- The main problem with Bronx river water quality stems from the debris that flows into the water
- There is evidence of sewer waste from cement factories and sewage treatment plants that line in the Riverbanks
- 27 billion gallons of raw sewage and polluted storm water pouring into New York Harbor each year
- Officials have estimated that it would take a minimum of $58 billion to prevent routine sewage overflows
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