Brooklyn Study Links Poor Housing, Asthma Attacks

The New York Sun reports:

When Gloria Reyes's heat shut off on a freezing night last week, a burning sensation flared in her lungs. Her asthma was acting up.

Ms. Reyes, 51, was one of more than 300 residents of Bushwick, Brooklyn, surveyed last year in a study of the connection between poor housing and the prevalence of asthma attacks. The study, conducted by Wyckoff Heights Medical Center and the community group Make the Road by Walking, reported squalid conditions in the neighborhood: 69% live with cockroaches, 47% with rats or mice, 30% with mold.

Maybe urban living leads many down the road to asthma.