Community Voice: Newton Students Deserve Better

Diesel bus tail pipe emissions cause significant health problems. Headaches, dizziness, eye irritation, nausea are a bad way to start the school day! Emissions are also linked to asthma, cancer, and heart disease. Sitting inside the bus with windows closed does NOT protect from emissions. Research shows quite the opposite… [Read More on Fig City News]

This Letter to the Editor by Leslie Zebrowitz was originally published in Fig City News on May 21, 2026.

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