Diesel pollution linked to cancer risk
Diesel emissions continue to plague the Southland and are creating what air-pollution officials call an "unacceptably high" rate of cancer risk for residents, according to a study released Friday by the region's air-quality agency. Daily News.
While the region's air has less toxic contamination now compared with seven years ago, the pollution is bad enough that 1,200 of every million residents in pockets of Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties are at risk of developing cancer from breathing the bad air.
The cancer risk around the ports - where trucks, trains and ships spew diesel pollution - is much higher at 2,900 cancers per million.