Topic Areas:

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Air Pollution, Community Science, NAAQS, Environmental Justice

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Why is this useful?

Early in the study, community residents expressed concern that the existing regulatory network did not adequately measure their exposure to air pollution. They desired higher spatial and temporal resolution data to help make decisions on how to best protect themselves and their children during high pollution events. Furthermore, there was interest in additional monitoring where sensitive sub-populations may be exposed to local pollution levels higher than those observed throughout the rest of the region.

Citation:

Graeme N. Carvlin1,* , Humberto Lugo3, Luis Olmedo3, Ester Bejarano3, Alexa Wilkie4, Dan Meltzer4, Michelle Wong4, Galatea King4, Amanda Northcross5, Michael Jerrett6, Paul B. English4, Donald Hammond2, and Edmund Seto1

Abstract:

Particulate matter (PM), a collection of liquid and solid particles in the air, has been found to be associated with numerous adverse health outcomes across the life course, including adverse birth outcomes, incident childhood asthma, delayed lung function development, cardiovascular disease development, cancer incidence and premature death (Anderson et al., 2011; Brook et al., 2017; Khreis et al., 2017; Atkinson et al., 2016). Asthmatic children are particularly at-risk from high PM levels due to heightened airway responsiveness, such that air pollution can often cause exacerbation of symptoms (Schwartz, 2004). Imperial County, located in southeastern California, has had levels of PM2.5 (PM under 2.5 μm in diameter) and PM10 (PM under 10 μm in diameter) that have repeatedly exceeded the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) National Ambient Air Quality Standards (Imperial County Air Pollution Control District, 2013; California Air Resources Board, 2015). The county also has the second highest rate of childhood asthma emergency

Authors:

.Graeme N. Carvlin1,* , Humberto Lugo3, Luis Olmedo3, Ester Bejarano3, Alexa Wilkie4, Dan Meltzer4, Michelle Wong4, Galatea King4, Amanda Northcross5, Michael Jerrett6, Paul B. English4, Donald Hammond2, and Edmund Seto1

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