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Sources: Tailpipe Pollution and Our Health

American Lung Association: Disparities in the Impact of Air Pollution
https://www.lung.org/clean-air/outdoors/who-is-at-risk/disparities

American Lung Association: Particle Pollution
https://www.lung.org/clean-air/outdoors/what-makes-air-unhealthy/particle-pollution

American Lung Association: What Is Nitrogen Dioxide?
https://www.lung.org/clean-air/outdoors/what-makes-air-unhealthy/nitrogen-dioxide

CDC: Climate Effects on Health
https://www.cdc.gov/climateandhealth/effects/default.htm

Congressional Black Caucus Foundation: New Routes to Equity
https://www.cbcfinc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/NewRoutestoEquity-Final5.pdf

EPA: Air Grants and Funding
https://www.epa.gov/grants/air-grants-and-funding

EDF Urges EPA to “Substantially Strengthen” Proposed Emissions Standards for New Commercial Trucks and Buses
https://www.edf.org/media/edf-urges-epa-substantially-strengthen-proposed-emissions-standards-new-commercial-trucks-and

EPA: Biden-Harris Administration Proposes Strongest-Ever Pollution Standards for Cars and Trucks to Accelerate Transition to a Clean-Transportation Future
https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/biden-harris-administration-proposes-strongest-ever-pollution-standards-cars-and

EPA: Clean Trucks Plan
https://www.epa.gov/regulations-emissions-vehicles-and-engines/clean-trucks-plan

EPA: Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990–2021
https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/draft-inventory-us-greenhouse-gas-emissions-and-sinks-1990-2021

EPA: Research on Near Roadway and Other Near Source Air Pollution
https://www.epa.gov/air-research/research-near-roadway-and-other-near-source-air-pollution

EPA: Smog, Soot, and Other Air Pollution From Transportation
https://www.epa.gov/transportation-air-pollution-and-climate-change/smog-soot-and-other-air-pollution-transportation

EPA: Transportation, Air Pollution, and Climate Change
https://www.epa.gov/transportation-air-pollution-and-climate-change

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstretrics: The mental health of women and climate change.
https://obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ijgo.14479

Healthy Schools Network: Parent’s Guide to School Indoor Air Quality
https://www.healthyschools.org/data/files/Parent_%20IAQ_Guide%202021.pdf

National Education Association: Addressing Indoor Air Quality in Schools
https://www.nea.org/resource-library/addressing-indoor-air-quality-schools#:~:text=According%20to%20estimates%20from%20the,from%20vehicle%20pollution%2C%20and%20more

President Biden: Executive Order on Strengthening American Leadership in Clean Cars and Trucks (2021)
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/08/05/executive-order-on-strengthening-american-leadership-in-clean-cars-and-trucks/

Link to Fact Sheet: Tailpipe Pollution and Our Health

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