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Line 280:   === <br/> This would concentrate new housing next to health hazards from traffic === Line 287 ⟶ 288: Other articles citing health issues that would be exacerbated by SB827: * World Health Organization: Health Effects of Transport Related Air Pollution, 2005 states:<br/> "There is evidence that implicates ambient air pollution in adverse effects on pregnancy, birth outcomes and male fertility. Modelled studies on exposure to trafﬁc-related air pollutants suggest that they are a risk factor for adverse birth outcomes. <br/> [http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/74715/E86650.pdf http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/74715/E86650.pdf] <span style="font-size:larger;">Articles & Studies Documenting Adverse Health Impact of Building Adjacent to Freeways & Major Roads </span><br/> SB827 would result in concentrating development around transit corridors and hubs. Typically these locations are immediately adjacent to freeways and major roads. SB827 goes so far as to increase height limits for more major roads - raising the height limit to 85 feet where development is adjacent to roads 45 feet or wider.▼ <span style="font-size:larger;">Articles & Studies Documenting Adverse Health Impact of Building Adjacent to Freeways & Major Roads</span> * '''University of Southern California, Living Near Busy Roads or Traffic Pollution''' [http://envhealthcenters.usc.edu/infographics/infographic-living-near-busy-roads-or-traffic-pollution/references-living-near-busy-roads-or-traffic-pollution http://envhealthcenters.usc.edu/infographics/infographic-living-near-busy-roads-or-traffic-pollution/references-living-near-busy-roads-or-traffic-pollution] Contains links to multiple documented studies from respected organizations identifying health risks relating to: ▼ '''Children:''' Asthma, ear nose and throat infections, smaller lungs, obesity ▼ '''Adults: '''Heart disease, stroke, heart attacks, lung problems, memory, shortened lifespan<br/>   ▼ ▲~~<span style="font-size:larger;">Articles & Studies Documenting Adverse Health Impact of Building Adjacent to Freeways & Major Roads </span><br/>~~ SB827 would result in concentrating development around transit corridors and hubs. Typically these locations are immediately adjacent to freeways and major roads. SB827 goes so far as to increase height limits for more major roads - raising the height limit to 85 feet where development is adjacent to roads 45 feet or wider. ▲'''University of Southern California, Living Near Busy Roads or Traffic Pollution''' [http://envhealthcenters.usc.edu/infographics/infographic-living-near-busy-roads-or-traffic-pollution/references-living-near-busy-roads-or-traffic-pollution http://envhealthcenters.usc.edu/infographics/infographic-living-near-busy-roads-or-traffic-pollution/references-living-near-busy-roads-or-traffic-pollution] Contains links to multiple documented studies from respected organizations identifying health risks relating to: ~~ ~~ ▲*'''Adults: '''Heart disease, stroke, heart attacks, lung problems, memory, shortened lifespan<br/>   ▲'''Children:''' Asthma, ear nose and throat infections, smaller lungs, obesity<br/>   '''LA Times: L.A. keeps building near freeways, even though living there makes people sick, March 2nd 2017''' [http://www.latimes.com/projects/la-me-freeway-pollution/ http://www.latimes.com/projects/la-me-freeway-pollution/]~~<br/>  ~~ ▼ ▲'''LA Times: L.A. keeps building near freeways, even though living there makes people sick, March 2nd 2017''' [http://www.latimes.com/projects/la-me-freeway-pollution/ http://www.latimes.com/projects/la-me-freeway-pollution/]<br/>   '''World Health Organization: Health Effects of Transport Related Air Pollution, 2005''' [http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/74715/E86650.pdf http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/74715/E86650.pdf]]<br/>   **'''CNN: locating housing near transit corridors increase dementia risk, study says, January 4, 2017''' [http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/04/health/dementia-risk-living-near-major-road/index.html http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/04/health/dementia-risk-living-near-major-road/index.html]<br/>

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