The Fresh Prince Of Bad Air
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The Fresh Prince Of Bad Air
Date:
Wed, 18 Sep 2002 15:21:14 -0400
From:
Stephen Tvedten <steve@getipm.com>
Organization: Get Set Inc. (www.getipm.com)
To: Paul Helliker <phelliker@cdpr.ca.gov>
Director, State of California, Department of Pesticide
Regulation
cc: Christine Whitman whitman.christine@epa.gov
As taken form Grist...
THE FRESH PRINCE OF BAD AIR
Just two weeks after their births, infants in the Los Angeles area have
been exposed to more pollution than the U.S. government considers acceptable
over a lifetime, according to a report released this week by the Washington,
D.C.-based National Environmental Trust. The report, which looked at
pollution levels in the L.A. region, the San Francisco Bay Area, the San
Joaquin Valley, the Sacramento Valley, and San Diego, found that children in
California are at a greater risk than adults of getting cancer from airborne
contaminants. Each year, 102,000 tons of toxic emissions are released
in the Golden State; in the L.A. area, according to the report, the emissions
cause an estimated 720 cancer cases per million people annually -- a risk
almost 1,000 times greater than the federal government's acceptable limit of
one case per million people.
straight to the source: Los Angeles Times, Gary Polakovic, 16 Sep 2002 <http://www.gristmagazine.com/forward.pl?forward_id=482>
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