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Back to School Special: Free Diesel Fumes in Class
Posted on September 03, 2008
An important, new study just came out that addresses the effect of urban planning and road development on the health risk of students attending schools near major roadways. Researchers at the University of Cincinnati looked at the proximity of public school students and major highways in nine large Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA) around the country. In sum, they found that more than 30 percent of the students in these MSAs went to schools that were within 400 meters of a major roadway and more than 10 percent went to schools that were less than 100 meters than a highway. For some...
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