Switching diesel vehicles to electric in Chicago could save lives, new study shows
Northwestern research shows that if 30% of the heavy duty vehicles in the Chicago region went electric, hundreds of lives could be saved.
Chicago is one of the nation’s freight hubs and is the 17th most ozone-polluted city in the country, according to the American Lung Association. Pollution can lead to respiratory conditions, heart problems and, in some cases, even death.
Reset learns how this would save lives, particularly Black and brown Chicagoans who have borne the brunt of the city’s pollution.
GUESTS: Brian Urbaszewski, director of environmental health programs at the Respiratory Health Association
Sara Camilleri, study co-author, postdoctoral scholar in Northwestern’s Earth and Planetary Sciences department
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Switching diesel vehicles to electric in Chicago could save lives, new study shows
Northwestern research shows that if 30% of the heavy duty vehicles in the Chicago region went electric, hundreds of lives could be saved.
Chicago is one of the nation’s freight hubs and is the 17th most ozone-polluted city in the country, according to the American Lung Association. Pollution can lead to respiratory conditions, heart problems and, in some cases, even death.
Reset learns how this would save lives, particularly Black and brown Chicagoans who have borne the brunt of the city’s pollution.
GUESTS: Brian Urbaszewski, director of environmental health programs at the Respiratory Health Association
Sara Camilleri, study co-author, postdoctoral scholar in Northwestern’s Earth and Planetary Sciences department