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Quantifying Risk and Reducing It

What happens when risk is defined by premature deaths? Health Dialogues looks at air pollution in and around the Ports of Long Beach and San Pedro, where an estimated 1,200 deaths have been associated with diesel particulate matter in the air.Guest: Dan Donohoue, chief of the Emissions Assessment Branch within the Stationary Source Division of the California Air Resources Board..Guest: David Pettit, senior attorney, Natural Resources Defense Council.Guest: Dr. Elisa Nicholas, M.D., pediatrician and founder of the Long Beach Alliance for Children with Asthma..

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