Why Living Next to a Freeway Is Highly Questionable

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Resources:
https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2025/0...
https://www.cafehresearch.org/
https://www.epa.gov/air-research/rese...
https://uccs.ucdavis.edu/2023-researc...
https://www.aqmd.gov/docs/default-sou...
"L.A. keeps building near freeways, even though living there makes people sick" by Tony Barboza and Jon Schleuss for the L.A. Times:https://www.latimes.com/projects/la-m...
https://www.documentcloud.org/documen...
Askariyeh, M.H.; Venugopal, M.; Khreis, H.; Birt, A.; Zietsman, J. Near-Road Traffic-Related Air Pollution: Resuspended PM2.5 from Highways and Arterials. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 2851. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17082851
Khan RK, Strand MA. Road dust and its effect on human health: a literature review. Epidemiol Health. 2018 Apr 10;40:e2018013. doi: 10.4178/epih.e2018013. PMID: 29642653; PMCID: PMC5968206.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl...
https://www.seattle.gov/documents/Dep...

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