The Port of Long Beach has announced the award of $5 million in grants to fund 10 projects to improve the lung and heart health of people who live closest to the Port.
The funds will pay for projects that will educate families on asthma care, screen at-risk populations for respiratory illness, and build a cardiovascular disease diagnosis laboratory. Recipients include local hospitals, clinics, health groups, and health agencies.
“These grants will go to health programs that directly help the people most affected by air pollution from the goods movement industry,” said Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners President Nick Sramek. “We continue to work to reduce air pollution at the source, but these grants help us address the overall effects of the Port’s presence.”