EPISODE · Mar 18, 2025
How Racial Bias Affects Asthma Testing
from The Tyee: Audio Edition · host The Tyee
Breath testing has more than a century of racist assumptions baked into it because it was originally used in the U.S. to argue Black people have inferior lungs, says UBC public scholar Amin Adibi. Michelle Gamage reports. Michelle reports on health for The Tyee. Published March 18, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/03/18/Racial-Bias-Asthma-Testing-New-Approach/
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Breath testing has more than a century of racist assumptions baked into it because it was originally used in the U.S. to argue Black people have inferior lungs, says UBC public scholar Amin Adibi. Michelle Gamage reports. Michelle reports on health for The Tyee. Published March 18, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/03/18/Racial-Bias-Asthma-Testing-New-Approach/
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