Once a week, a massive, beige ship docks at one of the port terminals in San Diego Bay. Since the port slowdown, the increase in pollution is roughly equal to emissions from 5.8 million passenger cars, according to the California Air Resources Board.Įvery dole banana bought West of Denver comes through one of the port terminals in San Diego Bay. Now, with more diesel trucks in line to load or unload at ports, and giant ships idling off the coast waiting to dock, the air quality is even worse. But for people who live near these ports, these bottlenecks have health consequences.įor years, portside communities in California have suffered from polluted air - which is linked to high rates of asthma, cancer and other problems. This past year, slowdowns at ports caused supply chain bottlenecks all over the world. That truck that’s going by my apartment is emitting pollution,” said Chris Chavez, who lives near the Port of Long Beach and works for the nonprofit Coalition for Clean Air. “That ship that’s coming in, that’s bringing in the goods, is emitting pollution.
If you think about how a port works, it’s sort of like a pair of lungs: imports in, exports out.Īnd the community next door also has to breathe.
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