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Michigan U.S. Rep Andy Levin: "While South Asians comprise 23 percent of the worlds population as of 2020, they carry approximately..."

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Andy Levin tweeted the following:

"While South Asians comprise 23 percent of the worlds population as of 2020, they carry approximately 60 percent of the worlds global burden of heart disease."
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Here are other recent tweets from Andy Levin:

"Thank you @RepJayapal for your visionary bill, the South Asian Heart Health Awareness and Research Act! South Asians in the US have four times the risk of heart disease than the general population and a greater chance of having a heart attack before age 50 per @StanfordDeptMed."
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"I'm proud to support the Asuncin Valdivia Heat Illness and Fatality Prevention Act. Follow along as @EdLaborCmte marks up the bill. twitter.com/EdLaborCmte/st"
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"Did you feel the heatwave this week? Excessive heat is one of the most dangerous and common workplace hazards. It's time to protect workers by requiring OSHA to establish an enforceable standard for hazardous heat stress."
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