"Areli Sanchez’s daughter, Aida, used to be one of 20 million American kids who ride a diesel bus to school each day.
Aida has asthma. When she was little, she complained about the smell and cloud of fumes on her twice-daily trip.
“When she would come home from school or be on the bus, she got headaches and sick to her stomach. She said, ‘Mami, I don’t feel well, I feel dizzy,’” Sanchez said in Spanish from Las Vegas. Aida missed classes a lot when her asthma was bad. Research shows diesel exhaust exposure can cause students to miss school and affect learning.
She was admitted to the hospital for an asthma attack in second grade, and after that Sanchez began driving Aida to school."
Alexa St. John reports for the Associated Press February 24, 2024.
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