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As a senior citizen and sufferer from asthma, 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.

The American Lung Assn tells me that California has the worst air
quality in the nation and that 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 1,500 premature deaths and more than 38,000
asthma attacks annually. 

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.  

To protect the health of all Californians, I urge the California
Air Resources Board to adopt the strongest possible diesel truck
and bus regulations when considering adoption of the Proposed
Regulation of In-Use On-Road Diesel Vehicles this coming Friday,
December 12th, 2008.