An eight-month long investigation by USA Today finds numerous U.S. schools are close to industrial sources of pollution.
Parents might be surprised to find that the A-plus school their children attend is getting a failing grade in air quality. USA Today produced a new way of ranking public, private, and parochial schools: proximity to industrial air pollution. Blake Morrison, the principle reporter of the newspaper’s special report, tells host Steve Curwood what’s in the air around America’s schools.