'Gasping for air': How Staten Island's air pollution served as dangerous antecedent to COVID-19 outbreak
‘Gasping for air’: How Staten Island’s air pollution served as dangerous antecedent to COVID-19 outbreak Updated Mar 03, 2021; Posted Mar 01, 2021 Cheryl Marks, a St. George resident, was diagnosed with hypertension and requires a 24-hour IV to keep her lungs healthy. (Staten Island Advance/Joseph Ostapiuk) Facebook Share STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Staten Island’s air pollution is never an afterthought for Cheryl Marks. One of the nearly 5 million people diagnosed with hypertension in New York, Marks’ lungs are under constant stress, placing pressure on her heart. Three years ago, he...