First Name | DR. ANN H |
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Last Name | DUNCAN |
Email Address | aduncan701@yahoo.com |
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Subject | ELIMINATE DIESEL PARTICULATES IN OUR AIR |
Comment | STOP POLLUTION FROM DIESEL EXHAUST PLEASE--for our health's sake. I urge the California Air Resources Board to adopt the strongest regulation possible to clean up the sources of diesel particulate matter in California. Many of us are suffering daily from the poor air quality due to the particulate matter in the air spewed by buses and trucks. Never having smoked, my reduced lung capacity and lung disease is the result of the air I have been breathing in California. Due to the required medications, I have reached the Medicare limit for covering my prescriptions. Now I am required to expend $1000s to purchase the prescribed medications to be able to continue living. My situation is mulitplied 1000s of time over and is costing Medicare $$$$$ not to mention endangering our quality of life. Pollution from trucks and buses result in an estimated 4,500 premature deaths and 71,000 cases of asthma and lower respiratory symptoms each year. Equally important, truck drivers are 1.5 to 2 times as likely as workers not exposed to diesel exhaust to develop lung cancer during their lives. PLEASE protect the health of all Californians, AND adopt the strongest REGULATIONS possible to eliminate diesel particulate CONTAMINATION in the air we breathe. Sincerely yours, Ann H Duncan |
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted | 2008-12-03 13:18:44 |
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