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Annotated Bibliography for Air Pollution at EL Paso

Danysh, H. E., Mitchell, L. E., Zhang, K., Scheurer, M. E., & Lupo, P. J. (2015). Traffic-related .
air pollution and the incidence of childhood central nervous system tumors: Texas, 20012009. Pediatric Blood & Cancer, 62(9), 1572-1578. doi:10.1002/pbc.25549 Retrieved
from

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The article from a book called Pediatric Blood and Cancer is about a study made through
the years 2001 and 2009. It argues that there was an increase in air pollution that later
causes some effects such as cancer. The people that were more affected were kids at the
age of 15 years old and younger. All the information in the article was retrieved from the
Texas cancer register. It also states, that the cause of this problem is traffic related. The
article is helpful to the research for Air pollution at El Paso. First because is something
that happened in Texas and it talks about some of the negatives effects that this problem
cause to the community where EL Paso city is from.
Frohlicha, T. C. (2016). 20 Most polluted cities in america; 24/4 Wall. Retrieved form
http://247wallst.com/special-report/2016/04/25/20-most-polluted-cities/2/
The article is about the 20 cities more polluted in the United States. It gives the high
ozone days per year, the number of days with unhealthy particle pollution, people with
asthma, and the population of each of the cities on the list. Then in gives a brief
explanation telling why the cities are on the list. It gives some causes of the numbers that
it shows for each city. This article can be used in the research of air pollution in El Paso.
Because El Paso and Las Cruces both cities are together in number 16 of the list. It is also
can relevant to the research paper because the date of the article is recent.

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City of El Paso. (2016) Environmental services. Air quality. Help reduce air pollution. Retrieved
from https://www.elpasotexas.gov/environmental-services/code-compliance/air-quality
This page is directly from the city and community of El Paso Texas. The first part is
about the air quality that exist in the city. It gives the ozone action days and the high
pollution days. Then it talks about how people can protect their health and the
environmental when these days happen. The next part gives some action and
recommendations that people can make to help reduce air pollution. All this information
is worth it for the research paper, because it is about El Paso Texas. Also, because it gives
solution that can help the community from this problem.
Sarnat, S. E., Raysoni, A. U., Li, W.-W., Holguin, F., Johnson, B. A., Luevano, S. F., Garcia, J.
H., Sarnat, J. A. (2012) Air pollution and acute respiratory response in a panel of
asthmatic

children along the U.S.-Mexico border. Environmental Health Perspectives,

123(3) 434-.

444. Retrieved from http://doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1003169

The article is about the impact of air pollution. There was a test made with asthmatic
children to observe how they are being affected by this problem. The results from the test
were recollected during 16 weeks in two school in El Paso and another tow in Juarez city.
The result was collected by respiratory symptom surveys, and pollutant measurements.
The article is helpful to the research for Air pollution at El Paso because many reasons.
The first one because it is a study directly from El Paso. Then also because it show hoe
air pollution affect this community and also El Pasos neighbor city.

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Texas A&M Transportation Institute. (2016). El Paso regional support. Estimating traffic-related.
air pollution in el Paso. Retrieved form http://tti.tamu.edu/group/ciitr/el-paso-regionalsupport/
The article from this pages is about some themes from El Paso and Juarez border. It talks
about the economic cost, contestation migration, and others. Most important it talk about
health issues and air pollution. It estimated that this last problem s causes because of
traffic problems. This article is relevant to the research paper of Air Pollution in EL Paso.
First because it is about El Paso and its neighbor city Juarez. Then because it explains
why this problem is happening in this community.
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. (2016). Air pollution from carbon monoxide.
Retrieved from https://www.tceq.texas.gov/airquality/sip/criteria-pollutants/sip-co
The article is about as the title says Air Pollution from Carbon monoxide. It explains
how and what are the causes of this problem. It also gives the latest air quality planning
that addresses the CO National Ambient Air Quality Standards. The article has a part that
talk about El Paso TX, CO attainment. It has all the plan for this with a status and a
history too. The article is for relevance for the research about air pollution at El Paso
because it contains a whole part about the city and this problem. Also, because it shows
the importance of this and how it is being deal with it.
Zora, J. E., Holguin, F., Greenwald, R., Sarnat, J. A., Stock, T. H., Raysoni, A. U., & ... Johnson,
B. A. (2013). Associations between urban air pollution and pediatric asthma control in El
Paso, Texas. Science of The Total Environment, 44856-65. Retrieved from EBSCO
The journal article from the book Science of total environment. It is about air pollution
and what are some of the factors the caused it. It states that one of the main factors is

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related to traffic, also because of the whether type that exist in this city. The main articles
topic is about how this problem affect children that suffer with asthmatic problems. The
article is helpful to the research about EL Paso and air pollution because it shows the
effects that this caused in the community. Also, explain what are the causes of this
problem and it can show how the city has change since the article was wrote.