Product No.: 22033
Date Published: 03/2023
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Air quality—both indoors and outdoors—has a major effect on human health. Numerous scientific studies have linked ozone and particle pollution to chronic respiratory diseases like asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lung cancer, cardiovascular disease, and even premature death. Although we know that poor air quality can be detrimental to human health, it is one of the most difficult environmental resources to measure because its sources are diffuse and regional in nature. This study analyzes existing health, air quality, and transportation data to quantify incidences of respiratory disease and identify sources of pollution that may be contributing to poor respiratory health outcomes. It details the process that DVRPC and the city undertook to convene an Air Monitoring subcommittee, recruit academic and community partners, identify monitoring locations, and deploy low-cost air quality sensors, with the goals of determining if air quality varies across the city and whether there are identifiable sources of pollution that may be impacting these neighborhoods.Geographic Area Covered: City of Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey
Key Words: Air Quality, Air Monitoring, Asthma, Chronic Disease, Criteria Pollutants, Emission Sources, Freight, Health, Health Disparities, Health Insurance, Income, Low-cost Sensor, Non-point Source Pollution, Particulate Matter, Prevailing Winds, Ozone, Point Source Pollution, Poverty Rate, Roads, Traffic Volume, Transportation, Travel Time Index, Tree Coverage, Truck Counts.
Staff Contact(s)
- Amy Verbofsky (averbofsky@dvrpc.org)
- Sean Greene (sgreene@dvrpc.org)
Project Team
- Sean Greene Manager, Office of Freight and Clean Transportation
- Amy Verbofsky Manager, Healthy and Resilient Communities
- Melat Musie Environmental Planner
- Mark Gatti Associate Manager, Office of GIS
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