Tag: air pollution
For health equity, location is important
Scientists at the University of British Columbia and the University of Washington have found that fixing air pollution can dramatically improve health in disadvantaged neighbourhoods. A total of over 3,200 people were interviewed by the researchers, who compared the health outcomes of residents from disadvantaged neighbourhoods with those living near sources of pollution like oil refineries and coal-burning power plants.
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Some years of progress toward cleaner air are being erased by wildfire smoke
A new study by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) showed that the amount of air pollution caused due to wildfires in the US is about the same as it would have been without the Clean Air Act. As per the study, wildfires cause “uncontrollable air pollution events in the US due to wildland fires”.
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