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Greetings -
I've been out of town on business for a couple of weeks, so I am just
catching up on the forum. However, there was an element to my trip out of town
that bears on the air quality here in Saint Paul.
I stayed in the areas of Des Moines IA, Kansas City MO, Tulsa OK,
Springfield MO, Oklahoma City OK, on my trip. While I was out-of-state I had no
problem breathing, but as soon as I returned, I began to feel that I was having an
allergic reaction to something. My sinus' began to burn and my eyes began to
water. I'm taking some medication for it now. This started about 40 miles
south of Saint Paul -- a little after I passed Cabella's.
All of the cities I stayed in are fairly large and none of them have the
Twin Cities foul air. Even Tulsa, an oil refining and industrial city, is
better. Much better. I am also familiar with the Dallas TX metro and New
Orleans LA areas and they are better as well. Everyone else seems to have gotten a
handle on pollution, so why can't we?
Brett Sprangel
Poisoned by the Foul Air on the East Side
In a message dated 3/29/4 12:01:02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< Eva, John isn't the one that made the GSE/Three Mile Island comparison, a
reporter from Lancaster, PA (not far from TMI, so I suppose he ought to know)
made the comparison in a news service story from mid-March:
"If Gopher State Ethanol is the industry's Three Mile Island, there have been
other trouble spots.
In Midwestern states, where almost all ethanol plants have been located since
the first ones in the 1970s, communities are no longer embracing ethanol
plants, no questions asked."
It was picked up by the Miami Herald, and is an interesting overview of how
the industry is finally being questioned by towns whose economic troubles are
being exploited by this industry to clear the way for these plants to be built.
I know, I know, environmental justice concerns are just soooo1990's, but
people do pay attention to what they breathe.
Anyway, here's the link to the Herald story:
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/national/8173652.htm
Diane Gerth
I really live in the West End >>
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