Researchers found 10 times more black carbon on the 15th Street/City Hall subway platform than on the sidewalk above.
Inhaling black carbon is associated with adverse health effects, such as asthma, heart attacks, and lung cancer.
We focused on this station because our previous study found it to have the highest levels of particulate matter among 12 ...
A team of researchers found much higher levels of particulate matter inside the City Hall subway station than on the ...
The air quality in the City Hall subway station in downtown Philadelphia is much worse than on the sidewalks directly above the station. That is a key finding of our new study published in the ...
The air quality in the City Hall subway station in Philadelphia is much worse than on the sidewalks directly above the ...
Aimee Eggler receives funding from the NIH. The air quality in the City Hall subway station in downtown Philadelphia is much worse than on the sidewalks directly above the station. That is a key ...
More information: Anjum Shahina Karim et al, Assessment of air quality in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania subway, Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology (2024). DOI: 10.1038 ...