Health Risks in Arizona from Oil and Gas Air Pollution

The document highlights that although Arizona has limited oil and gas activity, pollution from neighboring states—particularly from federal and tribal lands in the San Juan basin of New Mexico—contributes to ozone smog that causes thousands of childhood asthma attacks and restricted activity for adults across the state.

• Oil and gas industry emissions contribute to ozone smog that causes over 6,500 asthma attacks annually among children in Arizona, with over 4,000 occurring in the Phoenix area and over 1,000 in the Tucson area.
• Ozone exposure from the oil and gas industry affects every county in Arizona and results in nearly 13,000 person-days of restricted activity for adults.
• Pollution travels across state borders into Arizona from neighboring states with high oil and gas activity, specifically noting the San Juan basin in New Mexico, where facilities on federal land are described as particularly highly polluting.

APA

Graham, J., McCabe, D., & Fleischman, L. (2017). Health Risks in Arizona from Oil and Gas Air Pollution. Clean Air Task Force. https://cdn.catf.us/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/21094048/CATF_FactSheet_HealthEffects_AZ.pdf

Chicago

Graham, John, David McCabe, and Lesley Fleischman. Health Risks in Arizona from Oil and Gas Air Pollution. Clean Air Task Force, 2017. https://cdn.catf.us/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/21094048/CATF_FactSheet_HealthEffects_AZ.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{graham2017health, author = {Graham, John and McCabe, David and Fleischman, Lesley}, title = {{Health Risks in Arizona from Oil and Gas Air Pollution}}, institution = {Clean Air Task Force}, year = {2017}, month = feb, url = {https://cdn.catf.us/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/21094048/CATF_FactSheet_HealthEffects_AZ.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }