"The construction equipment used to build our hospitals should not be responsible for filling them."Don Anair, vehicles engineer at the nonprofit Union of Concerned Scientists submitted a report including the deaths of over 1,100 people in California in 2005, form construction industry pollution.
"This is taking a heavy toll on the health of all Californians," Anair said.
The report, "Digging up Trouble," uses statistical analysis of state data on construction, causes of death, and pollution to link mortality with construction activity in the state.
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