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Allen, Adrienne, MD, MPH, "I am short of breath, I can't walk." Clean Power Coalition, August 8, 2021
Halberstadt, Jerry, Stop Pollution for Our Health
Halberstadt, Jerry, Stop Pollution to Protect Our Health & Climate
Landrigan, Philip J. and David Bellinger, "Air pollution is responsible for premature deaths in every Massachusetts city and town," BostonGlobe.com, August 8, 2022
Rodgers MPH, Kathryn, Pollution, People, and Powerplants: Health Burdens in Peabody, MA, November 1, 2022. Mass Climate Action Network
Comprehensive list
American Chemical Society. "Tracking air pollution disparities -- daily -- from space." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 22 August 2022.
CBS News, Global pollution kills 9 million people each year, study finds MAY 17, 2022
Clean Energy Group’s Peaker Plant Mapping Tool
Enos, Caroline, Research shows neighborhoods near new plant face high rates of health issues, The Salem News, September 21, 2022
Enos, Caroline, 'Our line in the sand:' Protesters 'die' on bridge to protest peaker plant, The Salem News, September 28, 2022
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Proposed Decision for the Reconsideration of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter (PM), January 6, 2023
Fuller, Gary, Even low levels of air pollution can damage health, study finds, The Guardian, August 12, 2022
HEI Panel on the Health Effects of Long-Term Exposure to Traffic-Related Air Pollution 2022. Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Selected Health Effects of Long-Term Exposure to Traffic-Related Air Pollution, Special Report 23. Boston, MA: Health Effects Institute [HEI is a nonprofit corporation chartered in 1980 as an independent research organization to provide high-quality, impartial, and relevant science on the health effects of air pollution.]
HEI Traffic Review Webinar: Health Effects of Traffic-Related Air Pollution, Health Effects Institute, Webinar recording July 16, 2022
Kuebler, Martin, Health groups call for fossil fuel nonproliferation treaty, DW.com, September 14, 2022
Landrigan, Philip J. and David Bellinger, "Air pollution is responsible for premature deaths in every Massachusetts city and town," BostonGlobe.com, August 8, 2022
Landrigan, P.J., Fisher, S., Kenny, M.E., et al. A replicable strategy for mapping air pollution’s community-level health impacts and catalyzing prevention. Environ Health 21,70 (2022).
Mass Clean Air, Health Effect of Air Pollution in your Town (Map)
Mass Clean Air, Spreadsheet of town data
Mass Clean Air, Contacting Policy-Makers, The first step toward a Clean Air Massachusetts Provides a list of policies and actions that can reduce pollution; advocacy at the local and state levels.
Neslen, Arthur, Health groups call for global fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty, The Guardian.com, September 14, 2022
Power, Maria Belen, Sofia Owen, Ellin Reisner, Karl/Claire Müller and Staci Rubin, "Massachusetts needs to improve air quality in pollution hotspots (viewpoint)," MassLive, August 20, 2020 Urges adoption of the Air Quality Bill.
Rodgers MPH, Kathryn, Pollution, People, and Powerplants: Health Burdens in Peabody, MA, November 1, 2022. Mass Climate Action Network
United States Census, QuickFacts, Peabody city, Massachusetts
WHO, Leading causes of death globally
Air Quality Monitors
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) (19 monitors)
AirNow.gov
Breezometer
Detailed information at Peabody Square including historical data; select a different location for similar data.
IQAIR
IQ AIR provides data using the sources of Mass DEP, purple air, and IQ sensors to map Air Quality, PM2.5, NO2, and CO.
Plume Labs/AccuWeather
FLOW 2 is a hand-held, portable air quality monitor that gives readings on PM2.5, PM10, PM1, NO2, and VOC.
PurpleAir
From September 26, 2022 up to 7 air monitors in Peabody. Purple Air provides a choice of variables to display, including PM2.5.
PurpleAir: North Shore including Peabody, options are: apply conversion, EPA values, averaging and data reports in real time, updates every 2 minutes