That powerful sensors mounted on industrial-scale drones that can fly in a ship’s exhaust plume to detect whether the fuel being burned is within legal limits.
Enhanced enforcement with aerial monitoring could avoid 55 deaths due to air pollution each year in the port communities of Wilmington, Carson, West Long Beach and San Pedro, the student researchers projected. In addition to saving lives, there would also be about $600 million savings in medical costs.
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