CAFEH Newsletter

The Fall 2011 CAFEH Newsletter introduces a couple of  Chinatown surveyors. Articles written by CAFEH team members discuss topics related to monitoring ultra-fine particles in Somerville, MA, particle concentrations in East Somerville, MA, and preliminary findings related to the Clean Air Project (CAP).  Click the following link to view the CAFEH Fall 2011 Newsletter.

The Spring 2011 CAFEH Newsletter introduces a few community outreach workers stationed in Somerville and Dorchester, MA. The newsletter features articles about community outreach, the mobile lab unit, preliminary fixed site data, and information and resources to reduce pollution. Click the following link to view the CAFEH Spring 2011 Newsletter.

News About CAFEH

• Chinatown participates in Tufts study on health risk living near a highway. Boston Globe by Roy Greene (January 9, 2012)
• Road Hazard / Tufts researchers study health risks highways may pose in neighborhoods. Boston Sunday Globe by Bina Venkataraman (April 12, 2009)
• WBUR Boston: Highway Solution Story (October 19, 2009)
• ‘Breathing Less Easily with Ultrafine Particles’ Environmental Science & Technology p 4615-4617 (July 1, 2009)
• ‘NIH Funds Highway Pollution & Health Study in Boston, Somerville’ (June 19, 2008)

News About Traffic Related Air Pollution

• NIEHS energizes researches and community in Boston. By Eddy Ball, NIEHS Environmental Factor (May 2012)
• The free book “Air Pollution – Monitoring, Modelling and Health” Edited by Mukesh Khare is of interest to people interested in traffic related air pollution news. The following chapters are relevant to the CAFEH study:
•  Chapter 14 “Exposure to Nano-Sized Particles and the Emergence of Contemporary Diseases with a Focus on Epigentics” by Pierre Madl.
•  Chapter 17 “Particulate Matter and Cardiovascular Health Effects” by Akeem O. Lawal and Jesus A. Araujo.
• Stroke risk increase when air pollution was moderate in Boston area. By David Abel, Boston Globe (February 13, 2012)
• NY leads 11 states in suing EPA over soot rules. By Associated Press, www.wsj.com (February 10, 2012)
  • To read the official filed complaint, please click the following link: U.S. District Court Southern District of NY Complaint#12 CIV 1064
• Suit target dirty air: activist want monitors near highways. By Melissa Pamer, Silicon Valley MecuryNews.com (1/29/2012)
• No breath of fresh air: T cuts could be hazard. METRO Boston by Steve Annear (January 11, 2012)
• Scleroderma Study Brings Little Comfort By Meghan Irons, Boston Globe (January 25, 2010)
• L.A.-Area Air Pollution Could Dip from New EPA Rule on Ships By Louis Sahagun, December 23, 2009
• Highway Barriers Block Much More Than Sound By Noah Bierman, Globe Staff, December 20, 2009
• Pilot Study of High Performance Air Filtration for Classrooms Applications (October 2009)
• Blue-Collar Environmentalists Rise up in Calif. By Margot Roosevelt, Los Angeles Times (September 27, 2009)
• The New York City Community Air Survey (Results from Winter Monitoring 2008-09)
• Local Health Impact Studies 1995-2009