How Dirty Air Is Quietly Damaging Hearts in Ghana

By Jennifer Ambolley TEMA, Accra —Before dawn, Christabel Addo, would lift the shutters of her provision shop in Community 8. By 6 a.m., the narrow roadside was already choked with trotros belching dark smoke, taxis idling impatiently, and heavy-duty trucks grinding past on their way to the nearby industrial area. “Once the traffic starts, the air changes,” says the 46-year-old former Junior…

Video: Accra’s Toxic Air Hits Poorer Families Hardest, Widening Health Gap

Accra’s toxic air pollution is hitting poorer families the hardest, widening health gaps and deepening environmental injustice across the city. Jennifer Ambolley reports in this social media Video. To read more about this story click this link: https://thechronicle.com.gh/ghana-accras-toxic-air-hits-poorer-families-hardest-widening-health-gap/ This story was a collaboration with New Narratives, with funding from the Clean Air Fund. The funder…