American Lung Association report focuses on improving community-based air monitoring in high pollution areas; West Oakland project serves as potential blueprint for other communities ...
In my career as a pediatric lung specialist, I have witnessed the terrible impact that poor air quality has on children’s lungs. Every day, I work with young patients whose asthma and other ...
Older diesel trucks sit at the center of a policy fight that touches public health, climate goals, and the economics of freight. Regulators see high-emitting engines as a lingering liability from an ...
Pilsen resident Lili Scales lives near the Stevenson Expressway, in a neighborhood she describes as “blighted” by diesel pollution from heavy-duty trucks. When she walks to her local coffee shop, she ...
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Researchers in Canada have, for the first time ever, demonstrated how acute exposure to traffic pollution can immediately impair human brain function, offering unique evidence of the connection ...
Illinois ranks fifth among states in the continental U.S. for health risks from diesel emissions. Credit: Kazimierz Popławski, CC BY-NC 2.0 / Flickr Community members and environmental advocates are ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A diesel repair shop in Oregon and its owner are facing heavy penalties for illegally tampering with pollution monitoring devices, ...
Takvorian is a co-founder and former executive director of Environmental Health Coalition and a member of the California Air Resources Board. She lives in Talmadge. Every month, about 4,000 large, ...
From our collaborating partner “Living on Earth,” public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by executive producer and host Steve Curwood with Najat Saliba, a chemistry professor and ...
Premature death faces 3,000 people a year in New York, Connecticut and New Jersey who are stricken by emissions from old diesel engines. reported an environmental group has compiled some revealing ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pilsen resident Lili Scales lives near the Stevenson Expressway, in a neighborhood she describes as “blighted” by diesel pollution ...