Study Released On Health Impacts Of Logan Airport
This study began in 2002 but has been held up for years because of funding cuts.
The study did not find a statistically significant increase in other respiratory, cardiovascular, and noise-related effects on health.
DPH’s study recommends that Massport expand their efforts with community health centers within the high exposure area to better address respiratory health, notably among children in closest proximity to the airport. Similar initiatives should be considered in consultation with local communities that would serve to further reduce the burden of air pollution on residents in closest proximity to the airport, the study says.
The 17 communities within the study area were Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, Chelsea, Everett, Hull, Lynn, Malden, Medford, Melrose, Milton, Nahant, Quincy, Revere, Saugus, Somerville, and Winthrop.
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