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E-Commerce Hubs Worsen Air Pollution, New Study Claims

Using satellites, traffic and demographic data, researchers say they discovered nitrogen dioxide was 20 percent higher in areas near e-commerce warehouses.
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E-Commerce Hubs Worsen Air Pollution, New Study Claims
An Amazon delivery driver walks past a row of vans outside of a distribution facility in Hawthorne, Calif., on Feb. 2, 2021. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images
Stephen Katte
By Stephen Katte
7/25/2024Updated: 7/25/2024
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Air pollution is worsening near e-commerce warehouses because of constant traffic, and researchers at George Washington University are warning that people living near the facilities face higher risks of health issues.

An analysis of 150,000 such warehouses around the United States shows 20 percent higher levels of nitrogen dioxide around them, according to the July 24 study published in Nature Communications, a peer-reviewed, open-access scientific journal.
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