Cutar da gubar dalma a Oakland tana wakiltar mummunar barazanar lafiyar jama'a. Gurɓataccen gubar a cikin Oakland na zamani ya fito ne daga tushen farko guda uku: ragowar masana'antar da ta gabata, ajiya daga mai gubar, da guntun fenti daga fenti na gubar . Muhimman sassan birnin Oakland, California suna da matakan gubar ƙasa sama da kimanin 400 ppm, matakin da EPA na Amurka ya ba da shawarar a ɗauki matakin gyara, kuma sama da 80 ppm, matakin da Ofishin Kiwon Lafiyar Muhalli na California ke Haɗari. Kimantawa ya nuna ya kamata a dauki mataki. Ba duk yankunan Oakland ke shafa daidai ba: Cutar ta West Oakland ta fi tsanani, musamman a kusa da tsohon sansanin soja na Oakland, kuma yawancin yankunan da ke fama da talauci na Oakland suna fama da rashin daidaituwa (tun da yawancin mazauna ba su da albarkatun tattalin arziki don gyara lawns, ko ma don gyarawa). gidajensu). Matsayin hawan jini na gubar yana da alaƙa da matsalolin kiwon lafiya iri-iri, ciki har da cututtukan gastrointestinal mai tsanani, neuromuscular, da alamun cututtuka.