First Name | Madeline |
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Last Name | Landau |
Email Address | mlandau@pacbell.net |
Affiliation | Institute of Governmental Studies, UCBe |
Subject | Proposed Reg's of Diesel Vehicles |
Comment | I am writing to express my deep concern about the negative health impacts of diesel pollution from trucks and buses and I urge the California Air Resources Board to adopt the strongest regulation possible to clean up the top sources of diesel particulate matter in California. As director of the Program on Community Change and Public Policy, at UC Berkeley, I've worked with many of our lowest-income communities in the state. The statistical evidence regarding health effects from industrial diesel traffic is overwhelming! California has the worst air quality in the nation and trucks and buses are a major contributor to the particulate matter and ozone pollution that causes serious health consequences. 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. On behalf of my family and all communities in California, I am asking the California Air Resources Board to adopt the strongest possible diesel truck regulations. |
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted | 2008-12-03 15:35:30 |
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