Areli Sanchez’s daughter, Aida, used to be one of 20 million American kids who ride a diesel bus to school each day.
Aida has asthma. When she was little, she complained about the smell and cloud of fumes on her twice-daily trip.
“When she would come home from school or be on the bus, she got headaches and sick to her stomach. She said, ‘Mami, I don’t feel well, I feel dizzy,’” Sanchez said in Spanish from Las Vegas. Aida missed classes a lot when her asthma was bad. Research shows diesel exhaust exposure can cause students to miss school and affect learning.
She was admitted to the
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