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Fixing indoor air pollution problems that are raising Native Americans' COVID-19 risk

  • Written by Lisa Hardy, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Social Science Community Engagement Lab, Northern Arizona University
imageOlder homes can have a variety of environmental health risks.Kerry F. Thompson and Ryan T. Wilson, CC BY-ND

Betty’s home stands on the edge of a striking red cliff. Her family built the home from materials in their environment generations ago and passed it along from mothers to daughters. But it is cold, and the home is small with few...

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