Breathless in Los Angeles: The Exhausting Search for Clean Air

Population growth and the proliferation of roadways in Southern California have facilitated a glut of mobile air pollution sources (cars and trucks), resulting in substantial atmospheric pollution. Despite successful efforts over the past 40 years to reduce pollution, an alarming set of health effec...

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Published in:American journal of public health (1971) 2003-09, Vol.93 (9), p.1494-1499
Main Authors: Kunzli, Nino, McConnell, Rob, Bates, David, Bastain, Tracy, Hricko, Andrea, Lurmann, Fred, Avol, Ed, Gilliland, Frank, Peters, John
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Absenteeism
Adolescent
Air pollution
Asthma
Asthma - chemically induced
Asthma - complications
Asthma - epidemiology
Biological and medical sciences
Bronchitis
Child
Child Welfare - statistics & numerical data
Children
Children & youth
Childrens health
Chronic Disease
Environmental Monitoring
Environmental policy
Epidemiological Monitoring
Health
Health care policy
Health risk assessment
Humans
Illnesses
Inhalation Exposure - adverse effects
Inhalation Exposure - analysis
Inhalation Exposure - prevention & control
Longitudinal Studies
Los Angeles
Los Angeles - epidemiology
Lung - growth & development
Lung - physiopathology
Maximum Allowable Concentration
Medical sciences
Nitrogen dioxide
Outdoor air quality
Ozone
Pollutants
Prevention and actions
Public health
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Public Policy
Reduction
Respiration Disorders - chemically induced
Respiration Disorders - epidemiology
Respiratory diseases
Reviewing the Evidence
Specific populations (family, woman, child, elderly...)
Team sports
Time
USA
Vehicle Emissions - analysis
Vehicle Emissions - poisoning
Vehicle Emissions - prevention & control
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Summary:Population growth and the proliferation of roadways in Southern California have facilitated a glut of mobile air pollution sources (cars and trucks), resulting in substantial atmospheric pollution. Despite successful efforts over the past 40 years to reduce pollution, an alarming set of health effects attributable to air pollution have been described in Southern California. The Children's Health Study indicates that reduced lung function growth, increased school absences, asthma exacerbation, and new-onset asthma are occurring at current levels of air pollution, with sizable economic consequences. We describe these findings and urge a more aggressive effort to reduce air pollution exposures to protect our children's health. Lessons from this "case study" have national implications.
ISSN:0090-0036
1541-0048
DOI:10.2105/AJPH.93.9.1494