Pollution’s Impact May be Underestimated

By: Meghan Lewit

November 4, 2009 1:00 PM

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• Principal investigator Rob McConnell

Heavy traffic corridors in the cities of Long Beach and Riverside are responsible for a significant proportion of preventable childhood asthma, and the true impact of air pollution and ship emissions on the disease has likely been underestimated, according to researchers at USC.

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