Increased cancer risk from LA port complex fumes

Diesel fumes from the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach—the busiest U.S. seaport complex—raise the risk of cancer for people living up to 15 miles inland, a new air quality study says.

The report by the California Air Resources Boar

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