More than half of US counties lack air quality monitoring stations 🌫️, with rural 🌾 and disadvantaged areas 🚧 most affected.
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PNAS
Identifying air quality monitoring deserts in the United States
Air quality is associated with adverse health outcomes and mortality risk. While most research has focused on the association between air quality e...
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A new study finds that oil and gas pollution caused 91,000 early deaths 💔 and over 200,000 asthma cases 💨 in the US in 2017. Black and Asian communities 🌍 bear the greatest burdens, especially near refineries.🏭
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#OilAndGasPollution #EnvironmentalJustice #CleanAirForAll #PublicHealthCrisis #ClimateActionNow
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Science Advances
The health burden and racial-ethnic disparities of air pollution from the major oil and gas lifecycle stages in the United States
Largest total population health burden is from O&G end-use, but greatest relative disparities are linked to downstream activities.
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