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ATSDR Hazardous Waste Site Polygon Data, v2 (2010)Superfund Site Footprints
To provide the ATSDR polygon data set of hazardous waste sites in the United States, Puerto Rico, and other territories which can be used to identify nearby populations and assess their potential risk. |
ATSDR Hazardous Waste Site Polygon Data with CIESIN Modifications, v2 (2010)Superfund Site Footprints
To provide an easily accessible, corrected data set of polygons for hazardous waste sites in the United States which can be used to identify nearby populations and assess their potential risk. |
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Fine Particulate Air Pollution and DiabetesThe Lancet Planetary Health Researchers used observations of very small particulates in the air, as monitored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as well as via the satellite-based Global Annual PM2.5 Grids from MODIS, MISR and SeaWiFS Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD), v1 data set distributed by SEDAC, to uncover the relationship between air pollution and type 2 diabetes. Controlling for non-pollution factors like obesity, they found that tiny particulates are responsible for a significant number of diabetes cases and that reducing exposure to the pollution would yield significant health benefits. |
Another Way to Look at an Air Quality ProblemState of the Planet Satellite data offer a particularly valuable perspective on PM2—small particles deriving mostly from burning fossil fuels and biomass, which can harm human health—because ground instruments may be unavailable or offer limited information, as is the case in China. With that in mind, researchers at Columbia University’s Earth Institute and Batelle Memorial Institute have developed maps based on satellite data that depict annual PM2.5 exposure in all of China’s provinces. |