Tlaib and Leonard: Detroiters deserve stronger ozone standards
Last year, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) released an updated report on the asthma crisis facing Detroiters, and the results were troubling. Amongst other findings, asthma rates among Detroit adults were 46% higher than in Michigan as a whole; Detroiters were four times more likely to be hospitalized for asthma than Michigan residents more broadly; Black Detroiters were more than three times more likely to be hospitalized than white Detroiters; and Detroit’s childhood asthma rate rose to 14.6%, compared to 8.4% of children across Michigan. These stats were all significantly worse than in 2016, when MDHHS last released an update. The implication is clear: despite many of our best efforts, we are not making enough progress on delivering clean air for Black Detroiters and environmental justice communities throughout Metro Detroit and across Michigan. In fact, when looking at the health outcomes, it appears we are going backward. There are myriad factors that 
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### Response: Last year, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) released an updated report on the asthma crisis facing Detroiters, and the results were troubling. Amongst other findings, asthma rates among Detroit adults were 46% higher than in Michigan as a whole; Detroiters were four times more likely to be hospitalized for asthma than Michigan residents more broadly; Black Detroiters were more than three times more likely to be hospitalized than white Detroiters; and Detroit’s childhood asthma rate rose to 14.6%, compared to 8.4% of children across Michigan. These stats were all significantly worse than in 2016, when MDHHS last released an update. The implication is clear: despite many of our best efforts, we are not making enough progress on delivering clean air for Black Detroiters and environmental justice communities throughout Metro Detroit and across Michigan. In fact, when looking at the health outcomes, it appears we are going backward. There are myriad factors that 