
Where There’s Smoke: Asthma, Wildfires, and Fossil Fuels (Encore)
Making Contact
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The Environmental Impacts of Oil Drilling in Los Angeles
The Wilmington-Carson area has the largest concentration of refineries in the Western United States. This makes it the major source of pollution for volatile organic compounds, PM 2.5 and NOx emissions that results in major health impacts. "It's both a local public health threat and also creates global threats for everybody," he says. The best way to protect public health transition away from fossil fuels altogether.
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