New York City’s air quality is bad, and the reason is a familiar one: diesel.
New York City’s air quality is bad, and the reason is a familiar one: diesel. On Tuesday, October 15th, the city’s Department of Environmental Protection released its annual “Air Quality Report,” which found that all of New York City’s boroughs had failed to meet federal standards for ozone pollution. In Manhattan, the level of pollution was at an unhealthy level for almost half of the year.
The report also found that nitrogen dioxide levels in New York are worse than those in Los Angeles. Diesel exhaust is a major source of nitrogen dioxide pollution. The Department of Environmental Protection notes that diesel exhaust contains more than 40 different chemicals linked to cancer and other serious health problems.
