Chris Hartmann

Chris Hartmann is an Associate Professor of Public Health at SUNY Old Westbury.

Outside my apartment building, a large box truck idles its engine uninterrupted for hours and hours, waiting to offload hundreds of smiling parcels. I suppose breathing in carcinogenic particulate matter is but one price you and I pay for the convenience of e-commerce.

“Billy Never Idles” billboard advertisement. (Source: NYC Department of Environmental Protection14)

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