Global trade, local impacts: lessons from California on health impacts and environmental justice concerns for residents living near freight rail yards.

ABSTRACT: Global trade has increased nearly 100-fold since 1950, according to the World Trade Organization. Today, major changes in trade are occurring with the advent of mega-ships that can transport thousands more containers than cargo ships now in use. Because global trade is expected to increase dramatically, the railroad industry-in the U.S. alone-has invested more than $5 billion a year over the past decade to expand rail yards and enhance rail routes to transport goods from ports to retail destinations. This article describes cancer risks for residents living in close proximity to rail yards with emissions of diesel particulate matter pollution from locomotives, trucks and yard equipment. The article examines the demographics (income, race/ethnicity) of populations living in the highest estim

SUBMITTER: Hricko A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3945577 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature