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>RSEI uses emissions estimates industrial companies submit to the agency each year along with weather data and facility-specific information to estimate concent
by weberer 4y ago
>RSEI uses emissions estimates industrial companies submit to the agency each year along with weather data and facility-specific information to estimate concentrations of cancer-causing chemicals in half-mile-wide squares of land across the country.
It sounds like the results are really dependent on whether or not these companies are lying. I would prefer to see them based on diagnosed cancer rates, but that data set probably doesn't exist.
- Enginerrrd 4y agoYeah and it'd be noisy due to any regional differences in culture and behaviors. You'll see higher cancer rates in the South, with their love of sweet tea and fried fish, than you would in say, Colorado where there is more of a culture of fitness and health.
- hwillis 4y ago> I would prefer to see them based on diagnosed cancer rates, but that data set probably doesn't exist. Definitely not, especially in the US. Cancer is very highly correlated with age and body weight. Maine has one of the highest rates of cancer in the US, because the population average is the oldest in the US. Texas, despite a huge amount of air pollution, has relatively low rates of cancer because it's the second-youngest by average population age. Map of cancer rates per state: https://gis.cdc.gov/Cancer/USCS/#/AtAGlance/ https://gis.cdc.gov/Cancer/USCS/#/AtAGlance/
- nerdponx 4y agoIdeally you'd be able to look at baseline age and body weight data in a broader area, and then compare areas with comparable average ages & body weights that do and don't have high-carcinogen-emitting facilities nearby. You could even look specifically for less-emitting industrial areas as a control for lifestyle, access to medical care, and other forms of industrial pollution.