Some of the United State’s most dangerous air blows around the US-Mexico border, sending children to the doctor for asthma at twice the state of California average. According to a study and investigation by The Center for Investigative Reporting, diesel and gas exhaust from idling cars are the most significant contributors to the problem.
From the story: “The study ties the chronic traffic congestion – a confluence of post-9/11 security, aging infrastructure and the North American Free Trade Agreement – to the health crisis that grips this binational region, where a burgeoning population now regularly goes back and forth across the border in an effort to make a living.”
Read the full story by The Center for Investigative Reporting.