Risk of Cancer Rates Along Duwamish River

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Environmental Study on the industrial area in South Seattle, and reported on local news stations this morning.
Here is a snippet from the report. The full report (PDF) is attached.

"Estimated theoretical cancer risk is greatest near the center of major highways such as Interstate5
and Highway 99. Figures 5a-5b illustrate the individual contributions of gasoline and diesel sources to cancer risk. Although there are fewer vehicles with diesel engines than gasoline-powered vehicles, risks attributable to diesel are about three times greater (about 3 x 10-3 for diesel and 1 x 10-3 for gas sources) at the highest impacted point (at the center of Interstate-5). Figure 5c shows the risks of the diesel and gas combined. Estimated risks drop dramatically a few hundred meters on either side of major roadways. Figure 5d shows that many residential parcels are located adjacent to major traffic corridors in south Seattle, and thus located in areas of higher exposure and risk."

I'm posting this in the EV forum because I believe EVs can go a long way towards solving some of these issues. And because I know several of our members live in the study area, South Park & Georgetown.