Population Exposure to Vehicle Emissions

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Honing the Methods: Assessing Population Exposures to Motor Vehicle Exhaust  (28 page pdf, Chris Van Atten,Michael Brauer,Tami Funk,  Nicolas L. Gilbert,Lisa Graham,Debra Kaden,Paul J. Miller,Leonora Rojas Bracho,Amanda Wheeler,and Ronald H. White,  Commission for Environmental Cooperation, Nov, 2004)

Today’s article under review is the result of a major international workshop convened in Montreal Canada in 2003 to consider recommendations for assessing exposure to vehicle emissions and the resulting health impacts, especially to young children and the elderly. It points out one application of a California law forbidding school sites within 500 ft of traffic. A caution is expressed about the widespread urges of urban planners towards intensification which may present new health hazards to the denser populations in the urban core.

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