From the Times Ledger:From December 2008 to March 2009, the city tested every city neighborhood for four air pollutants: sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, elemental carbon and fine particle PM2.5, which Health Department Director of Environmental Research Thomas Matte said “has the strongest connection to public health.”
Elemental carbon, PM2.5 and nitrogen dioxide are primarily released into the air by vehicles, Matte said. Sulfur dioxide is more of an industrial-based chemical compound. Elemental carbon is often caused by truck traffic, he said.
Matte said air pollution in most Queens neighborhoods was most influenced by whether those communities had heavy traffic and large buildings.
Sunnyside and Woodside had the highest levels of nitrogen dioxide, elemental carbon and fine particle PM2.5, whereas Elmhurst and South Corona were most polluted by sulfur dioxide. Other western Queens neighborhoods that ranked higher on each list were Long Island City, Astoria, Jackson Heights, North Corona, Ridgewood, Glendale and Maspeth.
Bayside, Douglaston and Little Neck had lower levels of nitrogen dioxide and sulfur dioxide, but the northeast Queens neighborhoods ranked in the middle for elemental carbon and PM2.5.
Most South Queens neighborhoods had cleaner air. Queens Village and Rosedale had the least amount of sulfur dioxide, but Jamaica, St. Albans and Hollis had higher levels of nitrogen dioxide.
The Rockaways and Broad Channel had the cleanest air in all categories.
“Air pollution is a problem in New York City that is difficult to break down to specific neighborhoods — there’s a lot of overlap,” Matte said.
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Cough Cough Hack Hack
Pollution? What pollution?
A great place to ride a bike, doncha think?
So much for Mayor Bloomburg's Green City.
Yes, actually it is a great place to ride a bike. Or didn't you read the article?
Yes, of course, sucking in truck exhaust while pedaling is the way to go!
sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, elemental carbon and fine particle PM2.5, which Health Department Director of Environmental Research Thomas Matte said “has the strongest connection to public health.”..................so it's healthy ! LOL--
anyway,is this crap also contained in second hand cigarette smoke ? when can we expect some obnoxious commercials on this paid for by our tax $$s like the bs 1s they ran on 2nd hand smoke ?
and whatthehell was our air quality like when we had coal fired con ed and all the buildings with incinerators going full blast ?
Notice the brown areas are the places slated for EVEN MORE DEVELOPMENT!!
HEY PETER (lets protest train service cutbacks as we move in more people) VALLONE, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT?
Someone wants to win the Crappy award this year.
Did you notice the thin line in north Queens that clearly is the Whitestone Expressway?
"anyway,is this crap also contained in second hand cigarette smoke ? when can we expect some obnoxious commercials on this paid for by our tax $$s like the bs 1s they ran on 2nd hand smoke ?"
Couldn't have said it better myself. I guess this doesn't bother Bloomturd how said.
I've also noticed more trucks and buses (both for churches and casinos) using 32nd Avenue through Broadway-Flushing to get back and forth from the Whitestone Bridge, avoiding Northern Blvd. Never a cop around when you need one - or, they're too busy writing tickets for quotas.
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