Asthma plagues those in shadow of Gowanus Xway
Researchers from two Brooklyn medical centers have found higher rates of asthma among people living closer to the Gowanus Expressway compared with those living in the same community but farther from the interstate.
SUNY Downstate Medical Center in East Flatbush and Lutheran Medical Center in Sunset Park reported that living near a heavily congested highway correlates with a higher presence of asthma.