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Much of what we eat and buy comes through the Port of Oakland, the fourth busiest port in the country. But at what cost? Nearby residents have some of the highest asthma rates in the state. Now, local community groups are working with the Port and local regulators to change that.
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Much of what we eat and buy comes through the Port of Oakland, the fourth busiest port in the country. But at what cost? Nearby residents have some of the highest asthma rates in the state. Now, local community groups are working with the Port and local regulators to change that.
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Aired twice morning of 9/21/07 on KQED and KQEI
Transcript
Ambi: truck.. Look at that truck!
Swati Prakash is standing on the corner of Fifth Street and Henry in West Oakland, about a quarter mile from the Port.
PRAKASH That truck?s got to be at least 15 or 20 years old. It?s just billowing clouds of black smoke.
Prakash works for the Pacific Institute, a non-profit advocacy group in Oakland. It?s one of several groups looking at how Port activity affects the health of people who live nearby.
Ambi: truck passes?
PRAKASH Well the Port of Oakland moves nearly 3 million containers per year. And there?s three and a half million truck trips that come through the neighborhood and on and off the port, every year.
The Port is a huge economic force for the city and the state - it employs 28,000 people and generates about 200 million dollars in state and local taxes. But all those trucks, tugboats, trains and ships, operate at a cost. Res...
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Host Intro (:00-:27): Intro: Your tennis shoes and your desk. That radio you?re listening to. If it wasn?t made in America, chances are it passed through the Port of Oakland, the fourth busiest Port in the country. But there?s a downside to that convenience and those affordable prices, as Amy Standen reports.
Backannounce/credits: 5:30-5:47
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