Study finds that replacing older, highly polluting school buses could lead to 1.3 million fewer daily absences annually

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By mmillikinApr 11, 2023, 8:30 am531 ptsHot
Replacing all of the oldest, highly polluting school buses in the US could lead to 1.3 million fewer daily absences annually, according to a University of Michigan study. The suspected cause of these preventable absences is exposure to high levels of diesel exhaust fumes, which can leak into school bus cabins…

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