A Center project that educates residents about air pollution and its impact on their neighborhood’s health is featured in UCLA Today, the university’s faculty and staff newspaper.
The ALERT (Assessment of Local Environmental Risk Training) project is part of the Center’s Health DATA Program and targets two neighborhoods that bear the brunt of Southern California’s smog and diesel emissions — West Long Beach and Boyle Heights.
Read the UCLA Today story here.
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