Air Pollution in New York City - E GLOBAL SOLU.PPT

Air Pollution in New York City Jack Lebeau MD E Global Solutions – Anthony Straggi January 2005 Air Pollution in New York State is concentrated in the area of NYC CARCINOGENS LISTED IN NRDCS ANALYSIS Air Pollution in NYC Diesel engines* Gasoline Engines New Jersey Industry Port of New York Airports Helicopters Smoking Dry cleaning Chemical industries * These include stationary engines like generators and pumps , and off-road as well as on-road engines. Everyone in the NY metropolitan area breathes air that fails to meet EPA health standards, and many New Yorkers suffer serious health impacts from breathing that dirty air. One million people in New York City, including 300,000 children, have been diagnosed with asthma. Air pollution from mobile sources, like construction equipment, contributes to over 90% of the air cancer risk in New York County. Nearly 1 in 4 children in east Harlem suffer from asthma; the worst rate in the country. The costs of asthma hospitalization in New York City totaled more than $242 million in 2000. Perera, F.P. et al. Biomarkers in maternal and newborn blood indicate heightened fetal susceptibility to procarcinogenic DNA damage. Environmental Health Perspectives Vol. 112, pp. 1133-1136 (July 2004). In a study of newborns and their mothers in New York City, scientists found that developing babies had accumulated a relatively high number of genetic mutations, and they linked the mutations to emissions from vehicles and other sources of urban pollution. Local Law 77 Local Law 77 is an effective plan to improve air quality in New York City and will have many favorable effects on asthma, heart attack, stroke, sudden death, cancer in children and adults. It will prevent lost work time and the economic damage that results. Costs from air pollution related illness and hospitalization will be cut dramatically. * * Air Toxics (Carcinogens) EPA Benchmark Concentrat