On bikies Mon, 07 May 2007, Monica H said: > regarding in- and near-traffic pulmonary health: http://pubs.acs.org/cgi-bin/sample.cgi/esthag/asap/html/es062085v.html http://atoc.colorado.edu/~seand/headinacloud/index.php/2007/05/04/e85-as- a-fuel-bad-e85-modified-as-a-drink-bad-e85-is-bad/#more-124 it's useful to know what might be coming down the pipes... >
Strong ozone standards should be hopefully be coming soon. Many health scientists believe EPA's air quality standards for ozone are currently too weak to protect human health. Case in point: EPA recently had a group of expert scientists -- the Clean Air Scientific Advisory (CASAC) -- review the research on the health effects of ozone pollution and the experts. The experts recommended unanimously that the ozone standard should be much higher as they do not protect public health. The American Lung Association is urging people to act now by telling EPA to adopt tighter standards for ozone pollution. http://lungaction.org/campaign/SOTA2007?tr=y&auid=2647046 http://www.cleanairstandards.org/article/2007/02/719 Even more disturbing are the result of recent scientific studies that link long-term exposure to traffic pollution with stunted lung development in children who live near a major highway. According to a new study by researchers at the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, children who lived within one-third of a mile from a freeway beginning at age ten had substantial deficits in lung function by the time they were 18 years old, compared to children living one mile away from a highway.. The study used data from the Childrens Health Study, a longitudinal study of respiratory health among children in 12 southern California communities, and evaluated more than 3,600 children around the age of 10 over a period of 8 years, through high school graduation. The study concluded that: In view of the magnitude of the reported effects and the importance of lung function as a determinant of adult morbidity and mortality, reduction of exposure to traffic-related air pollutants could lead to substantial public health benefits." http://www.cleanairstandards.org/article/2007/02/718 \ Mike Neuman "It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment." -Ansel Adams _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
