It started with a puzzle: why were people in West Oakland dying 12-15years earlier than their counterparts in the wealthier hills? Thepeople in the flatlands were dying of the same things as the people inthe hills, just much younger. Meet the doctor who helped make the casethat air pollution from cargo handling was one big part of the answer,and the smart-dressing, wise-cracking environmental activist whohelped to clean up the air. This is an inside look at the problemsthat come with being a major node in the network of global trade—andthe solutions that people have devoted their lives to implementing.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices