“We even have increasing evidence for associations with early birth, preterm birth and low birth weight, as well as cognitive decline,” Professor Susan Anenberg says. “We're probably only scratching the surface with the health outcomes that we considered.”
Haze covers lower Manhattan skyline seen from Staten Island on May 17, 2019 in New York City.Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images
Every person, rich or poor, has to breathe the air, and in New York City this cocktail has long been known to be polluted enough to cause premature death.published in the Lancet last month reiterate this unfortunate truth by analyzing the past two decades worth of satellite photos of air pollution caused by burning fossil fuels over 13,000 cities worldwide — and the corresponding local health data.
New York City and some other metropolitan areas have significantly lowered their emissions through more stringent air quality regulations, but it isn’t low enough, experts said, to prevent severe health consequences such as asthma, especially for city kids. “Just to reiterate, these are preventable cases of asthma,” said Susan Anenberg, an associate professor of environmental and occupational health at George Washington University who co-authored both air pollution studies. “So these are cases of asthma among children that will affect them through the course of their lives and their parents, and they are preventable by reducing transportation-related air pollution.
The biggest urban source for this pollutant is traffic, especially big diesel trucks and buses. People who live near New York City airports are often exposed to high levels of PM2.5 due to cars moving around travelers as well as emissions from planes.
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