Assessment of Particulate Matter Levels in Vulnerable Communities in North Charleston, South Carolina prior to Port Expansion | Zendy

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Assessment of Particulate Matter Levels in Vulnerable Communities in North Charleston, South Carolina prior to Port Expansion

Author(s) -

erik svendsen,

Scott Reynolds,

Olalekan Ogunsakin,

Edith M. Williams,

Herb Fraser-Rahim,

Hongmei Zhang,

Sacoby Wilson

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

environmental health insights

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575

H-Index - 20

ISSN - 1178-6302

DOI - 10.4137/ehi.s12814

Subject(s) - particulates , south carolina , port (circuit theory) , environmental science , geography , engineering , biology , ecology , political science , public administration , electrical engineering

The Port of Charleston, one of the busiest US ports, currently operates five terminals. The fifth terminal is being planned for expansion to accommodate container ships from the proposed Panama Canal expansion. Such expansion is expected to increase traffic within local vulnerable North Charleston neck communities by at least 7,000 diesel truck trips per day, more than a 70% increase from the present average rate of 10,000 trucks per day. Our objective was to measure the current particulate matter (PM) concentrations in North Charleston communities as a baseline to contrast against future air pollution after the proposed port expansion.

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