Race and Street-Level Firework Legalization as Primary Determinants of July 4th Air Pollution across Southern California.

ABSTRACT: Air pollution is a major public health threat that is associated with asthma, cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease and all-cause mortality. Among the most important acute air pollution events occurring each year are celebrations involving fireworks, such as the 4th of July holiday in the United States. In this community-engaged study, academic partners and residents collaborated to collect indoor and outdoor PM_2.5 concentration measurements in the disadvantaged city of Santa Ana, California, using low-cost AtmoTube sensor devices before, during and after the July 4th firework celebration, while also examining July 4th data extracted from the PurpleAir sensor network across over a hundred other cities in southern California. Average outdoor PM_2.5 concentrations

SUBMITTER: Masri S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11392046 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature