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Breathing air in polluted metropolitan areas such as Los Angeles or RiverSide't:an'~iqii;" - .
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Motor vehicles and other air pollution sources that move, such as ships, tnJ'c~, ~~al~~,i.
lawnmowers, account for about 90% of the cancer risk. in the greater7.l(is':'Ange'I~~.~t~!1!' ~.
sources such as power plants and fa,~ories accounting for only ab~ut .1~%.14<i~~~\lIf~
Diesel exha~st from trucks, ships, trains and buses has been declare~ to c~~t(li~,~~tflll'- ^ ,
hazardous air pollutants by the u.s. EPA.15 , .... 'C",;^~,:c~I'iti
When you drive in bumper-to-bumper traffic, pollutants outsi_de can seepJn~9-:~~J!~~~ifl;::7~~.' ,
breathe inside your car up to 10 times more polluted than typical city air.l6,(i<<;~<:;:'ii!t~,
Every day that a ship sits at dock unloading its cargo, it releases -an entir~ totl:~~~:~~~~~I\Wi~: ~ .
pollutants.17 .:/;~\~J}II ~
If you live, work or go to school near freeways, high-traffic roads, seap~t~~;-"'~rrattr~~ULI~nlf8~0~' .
at greater risk for cancer and decreased lung function, studies show, De,calfse:~JJio~~;~~IJ'it'"<'."~.
concentrated levels of air pollution.ls, 19,20,21,22 .':/'.:''-':" -...<..'~>J~~if~r7t'J1
For your child, toxic air pollution is an even bi~~e: problem, in part becaus~ ~hil~r~Jfr:, ^
quickly than adults.23 .... ....-<6ii<. '.' .,,<0 ;::}~L~~!~~l.-
Asthma is a leading cause of school absenteeisn'l,accordil1g to the Ca/iforni~ Qep.~~i~~~~~~
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Even if you don't smoke cigarettes at all, yourllJhgs or heart may be ~.imila~l,y ~~f~~lt;;-,:~~:: ~
to ozone and particulate matter. The J\meric~n Heart Association r~ceQ+IYdeclar:~I!f~~!!!I:,^ . .
on cardiovascular disease. .. represehtsaserlous public health proolem!!25 -,. . t.E~::,.;:t~~~~~rt:
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Health impacts from diesel pollution exposure/such as premature death, he'art:aj~~~:(ii'kt:_~: ~ :"
bronchitis, cost some $22 billion statewide in 2004, not including impaGtssl,l~q.~~0fi~if,~"".' .
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'Pope, c. et aI. 4'L\D1g cancer, cardio--pulnionaxy mortality, and long.term exposure to fine particulate air pollution." Journal of the Americsn M~~al ~~tim~:y~!~:~7i{~:-
'!to, Kazuhiko, Samantha F. Deleon and Morton Lippman. ~'Associations Between Ozone Slid Daily Mortality: Analysis and Meta-Analysis." ~pideriiiology)lm4x;r_~~~;, ~
8Sam~t, Jonathan M. .e~ al. "Fine Parti~ate Air Poll~on and Mortality in ~O ~ .8. Cities, 1987.1994.>> The New England 10urnal of~edicine. 343(~J~~l~~~t "<" ~~
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uAmerican Lung Association and CARD ~'Recent Research Findings: Health Effects of PartiCulate Maner and Ozone Air PollutiOI1;'~ January 2004, sta~ll,11k~~[~j~(~~~~- ~~
1'Kim, Janice J. et al. "Traffic--Related Air Pollution near Busy Roads: The East Bay Children~s Respiratory Health Study." American Journal ofRem~~;Y:~Ii'qritr~l~ "" - '"
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22Gauderman, W.J. et aI. "The Effect of Air Pollution on Lung Development from 10 to 18 Years of Age." New England Journal ofMedicine~ Sept 9; 2~~~.'V~~;':~S:F~li!~~~j"" _