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HEALTH: Asthma more prevalent in children near rail yard
Press-Enterprise Children who live and attend school near the BNSF Railway cargo distribution hub in San Bernardino are twice as likely to develop asthma as children who live five miles away in Fontana, researchers at Loma Linda University Medical Center say. The Loma … |
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Health study targets major Calif. rail yard
San Francisco Chronicle Researchers are hoping to determine if there is a higher asthma and fatal cancer rate in the surrounding community by studying 1200 randomly selected households in three concentric zones around the rail yard. They will also test lung capacity, … Low-income communities around San Bernardino rail yard targeted for health study Health study targets major Calif. railyard Health study targets major Calif. rail yard |
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Low-income communities around San Bernardino rail yard targeted for health study
Los Angeles Times Southern California air quality regulators are sponsoring an in-depth study to determine if the San Bernardino rail yard, a major inland hub of goods shipped across the US, has caused a rise in cancer and asthma in the neighboring low-income … |
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