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September 17, 2009
Posted by Rich Kassel in Curbing Pollution
, Environmental Justice
, Health and the Environment
, The Media and the Environment
- Tags:
- airpollution, asthma, citycouncil, diesel, newyork, newyorkcity, pollution, schoolbus, simplesteps
Every day, more than 7,000 large and small school buses take thousands of students to and from school. Unfortunately, their free trip to school usually includes a heavy dose of diesel soot pollution-pollution that has been shown to trigger asthma...continued→
September 3, 2008
Posted by Rich Kassel in Curbing Pollution
, Health and the Environment
, U.S. Law and Policy
- Tags:
- diesel, EPA, simplesteps, smartercities, smartgrowth, universityofcincinnati, urbanplanning, urbanpollution
An important, new study just came out that addresses the effect of urban planning and road development on the health risk of students attending schools near major roadways. Researchers at the University of Cincinnati looked at the proximity of public...continued→
