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Article #1Help people affected by air pollution now help
From: mcs
Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2006 14:57
Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2006 14:57
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> Please I>>ask for help when pollution goes to moderate point which is > often here I am being choked .If parts of country get clean air why can't > these big companies who make allot of money and get loans from President > make air cleaner for others ? I don't know if its because of Global > Warming (more gasses in atmosphere ) or not, just that I know its > happening though. >>> >>>>I ask someone to help stop this now please. >>>> -----Truth is twisted by people in power who are uncaring and evil; >>>> the >>>> same description our president uses to describe the terrorists. >>>> >>>> >>>>> I need help getting my message out, please write me or send to others >>>>> if >>>>> you can possibly help. >>>>> http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20060921/hl_hsn/pollutedairmightincreasestrokerisk >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/22/us/22soot.html >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>>>> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/21/AR2006092101616.html >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15196924/ >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>I thought the President was in office to protect Americans, not >>>>>>default >>>>>>with >>>>>> possibly hurting or killing them yet he appointed,STEVEN Johnson head >>>>>> of the >>>>>> Epa (after Christie Whitman quit) who has >>>>>> has effectively c OVERRULED his own epas recommended pollution >>>>>> standard changes that Congress asks for every number of years. to >>>>>> protect >>>>>> Americans and instead claims we need more studies and instead accept >>>>>> less >>>>>> strident changes . >>>>>> His idea of changes are not the same of the findings by the vast >>>>>> majority >>>>>> of the experts >>>>>> his own agency runs , >>>>>> developed and voted on . Experts from around the world >>>>>> also voiced concern that the epa head was not adequately doing what >>>>>> he >>>>>> could have to protect Americans. I of course from my own trouble >>>>>> breathing in conditions Johnson doesn't want to change agree. >>>>>> >>>>>> .SEEMS like the Presdent and specifically Mr Johnson >>>>>> Cant seem to default on the side of safety ,even when oil and coal >>>>>> make >>>>>> lots of money,and could spend some to get their pollution to levels >>>>>> that >>>>>> are safer to people most affected . When people who study pollution >>>>>> say >>>>>> its effects are >>>>>> bad >>>>>> enough to need more rules for protecting Americans , and we CAN DO >>>>>> more >>>>>> to help them stop >>>>>> polluting or hurting people (and tens of thousands are now dying and >>>>>> getting sick from it) who speaks for people affected? Who cares if >>>>>> you >>>>>> die >>>>>> because of GW's policy? This isn't important? This is the point no >>>>>> one cares to say or do more and if so why? Seems like no one. Seems >>>>>> like killing people or >>>>>> making people sick as a policy is accepted somehow when corruption >>>>>> and >>>>>> power has influenced values. Our President is a salesman and very >>>>>> believable but where is the outrage that his decisions are actually >>>>>> or >>>>>> possibly hurting and killing Americans? Why are people silent? Does >>>>>> salesman ship allow for harming Americans? . If anyone else did thse >>>>>> things for whatever >>>>>> reason , it might be seen as murder but for our President to >>>>>> encourage >>>>>> this mess as policy when children and adults most affected might >>>>>> suffer more thru no fault of their own, is beyond scary. If if more >>>>>> things were done to save them , then I might see rational reasons to >>>>>> protect his interestes. . But as it is now its totally s >>>>>> unbelievable that I can be made to gasp for air simply because they >>>>>> can make more money doing so and this is good for profits and >>>>>> Presidents supporters ? What if many of the people don't know why? >>> >>>>>>many of the most affected are poor , children and people who are >>>>>>vulernable and need protection most. including many from >>>>>>dysfunctional >>>>>>families , yet they are without protection often enough the most.. >>>>>>Just >>>>>>incredible... They say our kids are >>>>>> getting fat from not exercising. I live in this mess , I see the >>>>>> desire >>>>>> to exercise killed by accumulated soot and dirt and my heart racing >>>>>> just to labor to breath , and then the studies say to exercise in >>>>>> this >>>>>> air is not good, yet everyone is quiet.. My gosh why? Just because >>>>>> it >>>>>> may not affect you don't mean its not happening ot others and we have >>>>>> the rather conservative at times epa even admitting to this....What >>>>>> happens to people over time who must endure this over and over again >>>>>> and >>>>>> nothing is done. If one thinks of people who are screwed I can't >>>>>> think >>>>>> of people more then those who have to breath moderate or worse air >>>>>> conditions over 200 times a year. They deserve a medal , not made to >>>>>> give the companies that are killing them everything they got... for >>>>>> crying out loud. When oil and energy companies >>>>>> interests come ahead of safety is the point that a criminal act >>>>>> occurs >>>>>> I >>>>>> propose... I guess they feel they >>>>>> can charge consumers allot of money, then make ill consumers from >>>>>> their >>>>>> pollution thru no fault of consumers >>>>>> who just are living downwind , then make them pay for it to treat >>>>>> conditions of illness realized after they are dosed and get away >>>>>> with it knowing no one can sue them , then more money and they >>>>>> are allowed to keep doing it >>>>>> because Republicans protecting this set up some might called a >>>>>> conspiracy >>>>>> to commit murder for profit >> When possible mass harm comes when >>>>>> these >>>>>> companies and polluters are allowed to continue especially when in >>>>>> this >>>>>> day and age more can be done is akin to a policy that allows for >>>>>> polluters and companies in our US society the freedom to murder>>and >>>>>> get paid for it , something no other American can do in any way shape >>>>>> or >>>>>> form in every other area of business or personal life .This is the >>>>>> point in which someone should >>>>>> protect Americans not propogate the polluters interests. This is the >>>>>> point where the most vulnerable need a voice in America , to protect >>>>>> its >>>>>> freedoms, and desire to live without undue harm but incredibly we >>>>>> have >>>>>> as role models leaders who promote their continuted forced absorbtion >>>>>> and most probably negative effects including death by sabotaging just >>>>>> prudent methods to prtect them set up by Congress. How come no one >>>>>> sees >>>>>> this as murder or possible murder? Not with news media not >>>>>> caring...... >>>>>> .Wrong Role Models again >>>>>> to show americans. >>>> When inner city youth get poisoned why blame them for selling drugs >>>> when >>>> they are bombarded with pollution? and maybe have dysfunctional >>>> families. >>>> Why care if our youth are getting fat in some places if they are warned >>>> about going out in even moderate pollution days? Or if one in five kids >>>> in >>>> some communities have asthma? Is this freedom or the freedom to see >>>> mega >>>> millionaires the freedom to murder people as policy in complete >>>> defiance >>>> of the expected protection one might assume our govt should provide to >>>> our >>>> citizens? Its simply incredible that this policy is promoted by >>>> someone >>>> who was elected to protect us. We are not every other society who can't >>>> do >>>> more , we know better, we mandaged people to study it , I feel its >>>> affects >>>> and I am stating more proof can be had if enough links to the damage is >>>> not already out there to show the associations of policy from this >>>> admininstration is helping to kill or make sick many people . This >>>> makes >>>> 9/ 11 look like a picnic. >>> This starts to make our energy policy >>>> comparable to the Tobacco companies >>>>>> in >>>>>> developing ways to safely poison people with the least amount of >>>>>> attention >>>>>> is paid to the consequences. >>>>>> >>>>>>The denial industry >> >> For years, a network of fake citizens' groups and bogus scientific >> bodies has been claiming that science of global warming is >> inconclusive. They set back action on climate change by a decade. But >> who funded them? Exxon's involvement is well known, but not the strange >> role of Big Tobacco. In the first of three extracts from his new book, >> George Monbiot tells a bizarre and shocking new story >> >> Tuesday September 19, 2006 >> The Guardian >> >> Exxon station in California >> 'The impacts of the climate-change deniers sponsored by Exxon have been >> felt all over the world.' Photograph: AP >> >> ExxonMobil is the world's most profitable corporation. Its sales now >> amount to more than $1bn a day. It makes most of this money from oil, >> and has more to lose than any other company from efforts to tackle >> climate change. To safeguard its profits, ExxonMobil needs to sow doubt >> about whether serious action needs to be taken on climate change. But >> there are difficulties: it must confront a scientific consensus as >> strong as that which maintains that smoking causes lung cancer or that >> HIV causes Aids. So what's its strategy? >> >> Article continues >> The website Exxonsecrets.org, using data found in the company's >> official documents, lists 124 organisations that have taken money from >> the company or work closely with those that have. These organisations >> take a consistent line on climate change: that the science is >> contradictory, the scientists are split, environmentalists are >> charlatans, liars or lunatics, and if governments took action to >> prevent global warming, they would be endangering the global economy >> for no good reason. The findings these organisations dislike are >> labelled "junk science". The findings they welcome are labelled "sound >> science". >> >> Among the organisations that have been funded by Exxon are such >> well-known websites and lobby groups as TechCentralStation, the Cato >> Institute and the Heritage Foundation. Some of those on the list have >> names that make them look like grassroots citizens' organisations or >> academic bodies: the Centre for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global >> Change, for example. One or two of them, such as the Congress of Racial >> Equality, are citizens' organisations or academic bodies, but the line >> they take on climate change is very much like that of the other >> sponsored groups. While all these groups are based in America, their >> publications are read and cited, and their staff are interviewed and >> quoted, all over the world. >> >> By funding a large number of organisations, Exxon helps to create the >> impression that doubt about climate change is widespread. For those who >> do not understand that scientific findings cannot be trusted if they >> have not appeared in peer-reviewed journals, the names of these >> institutes help to suggest that serious researchers are challenging the >> consensus. >> >> This is not to claim that all the science these groups champion is >> bogus. On the whole, they use selection, not invention. They will find >> one contradictory study - such as the discovery of tropospheric >> cooling, which, in a garbled form, has been used by Peter Hitchens in >> the Mail on Sunday - and promote it relentlessly. They will continue to >> do so long after it has been disproved by further work. So, for >> example, John Christy, the author of the troposphere paper, admitted in >> August 2005 that his figures were incorrect, yet his initial findings >> are still being circulated and championed by many of these groups, as a >> quick internet search will show you. >> >> But they do not stop there. The chairman of a group called the Science >> and Environmental Policy Project is Frederick Seitz. Seitz is a >> physicist who in the 1960s was president of the US National Academy of >> Sciences. In 1998, he wrote a document, known as the Oregon Petition, >> which has been cited by almost every journalist who claims that climate >> change is a myth. >> The denial industry >> >> For years, a network of fake citizens' groups and bogus scientific >> bodies has been claiming that science of global warming is >> inconclusive. They set back action on climate change by a decade. But >> who funded them? Exxon's involvement is well known, but not the strange >> role of Big Tobacco. In the first of three extracts from his new book, >> George Monbiot tells a bizarre and shocking new story >>WHO calls for improved air quality, says pollution kills 2 >>>>>>>> million >>>>>>>> each year", Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, October 5, >>>>>>>> 2006, >>>>>>>> Link: http://www.cbc.ca/cp/health/061005/x100522.html >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> The World Health Organization called on governments Thursday >>>>>>>> to >>>>>>>> improve >>>>>>>> air quality in their cities, saying air pollution prematurely >>>>>>>> kills >>>>>>>> two >>>>>>>> million people a year, with more than half the deaths in >>>>>>>> developing >>>>>>>> countries. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Reducing pollution from particles that are too small to be >>>>>>>> filtered >>>>>>>> in >>>>>>>> the nose and throat and settle in the lungs could save as many >>>>>>>> as >>>>>>>> 300,000 lives every year, according to a statement issued by >>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>> WHO's >>>>>>>> regional office in Manila. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Reducing levels of those extremely small particles - caused >>>>>>>> primarily >>>>>>>> by the burning of fossil and other types of fuel - could cut >>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>> deaths >>>>>>>> from air pollution by about 15 per cent, said Maria Neira, the >>>>>>>> WHO >>>>>>>> director for public health and the environment. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> It also could cut the global burden of disease from >>>>>>>> respiratory >>>>>>>> infections, heart disease and lung cancer, she said. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Particulate matter pollution is considered the biggest health >>>>>>>> risk. >>>>>>>> But >>>>>>>> the WHO Air Quality Guidelines also recommended lowering the >>>>>>>> daily >>>>>>>> allowed limits for ozone. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> That represents a challenge especially for developing >>>>>>>> countries >>>>>>>> with >>>>>>>> numerous sunny days when ozone concentrations reach the >>>>>>>> highest >>>>>>>> levels, >>>>>>>> causing respiratory problems and asthma attacks, WHO said. The >>>>>>>> guidelines also cut the sulfur dioxide limits. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Many countries around the world do not have regulations for >>>>>>>> air >>>>>>>> pollution, which makes control virtually impossible. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> WHO said the new guidelines, which were established after >>>>>>>> worldwide >>>>>>>> consultation with more than 80 leading scientists, provide the >>>>>>>> basis >>>>>>>> for all countries to build their own air quality standards and >>>>>>>> policies >>>>>>>> supporting health. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>>>> > >> > I ask and beg is this freedom or murder? >> -----Truth is twisted by people in power who are uncaring and evil; the >> same description our president uses to describe the terrorists. >> >>>>>> >>>>>>> Gives new meaning to wrong role models >>>>>>>> You can contact me at mcsantipollution@yahoo.com >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> before you tell me I am just complaining for being a liberal or >>>>>>>> something >>>>>>>> , this is not true. I have values some conservative and some >>>>>>>> liberal >>>>>>>> but >>>>>>>> with the intent of doing the right thing and with pollution and >>>>>>>> global >>>>>>>> warming issue, its based on good common sense and practical values >>>>>>>> in >>>>>>>> doing the right thing . Also if potential violence comes your way, >>>>>>>> people >>>>>>>> have a right to defend themselves and I am doing it in the most non >>>>>>>> violent way I know. Something is not right in our >>>>>>>> energy policy when I have to endure over 200 days of air that is >>>>>>>> bad >>>>>>>> enough to be described as killing thousands and making sick earlier >>>>>>>> , >>>>>>>> and when my lungs constrict >>>>>>>> and its broken whether its because of politics or something >>>>>>>> I am not >>>>>>>> aware of like CIA policy or something. but whatever I know when my >>>>>>>> lungs >>>>>>>> constrict this to me is murder and someday they should pay for this >>>>>>>> damage and >>>>>>>> I also state this poisoning can be shown to be real by comparing >>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>> health and health care costs of two different populations , those >>>>>>>> that >>>>>>>> live in most polluted cities and those that don't. The recent >>>>>>>> longevity >>>>>>>> study shows hints of what do those comparisons would show.. The >>>>>>>> people >>>>>>>> who live longest usually are in clean air and those >>>>>>>> that don't usually are not in that clean air. . I know when more >>>>>>>> studies >>>>>>>> could show conclusively the damage >>>>>>>> being done but if the major news don't care to show you of damage >>>>>>>> or >>>>>>>> same internet links I don't have faith that any studies will show >>>>>>>> up.. >>>>>>>> I know when politicians refuse to answer me that something >>>>>>>> is >>>>>>>> amiss. . In one aspect we have >>>>>>>> worked hard to provide standards for pollution and monitoring and >>>>>>>> in >>>>>>>> identifying >>>>>>>> polluntants and levels which are fairly accurate sometimes even if >>>>>>>> I >>>>>>>> think their >>>>>> judgement in its total damage affects are something understated, >>>>>> like >>>>>> at >>>>>> moderate* >>>>>> level " for particulates which automatically make me sick and epa >>>>>> warns >>>>>> the >>>>>> sensiteve about going out, is not really moderate and should not >>>>>> be >>>>>> called that) >>>>>> more so probably then any >>>>>>>> country on >>>>>>>> earth and the people who worked so hard in doing that at the epa >>>>>>>> should >>>>>>>> be >>>>>>>> commended and applauded , but on another level we now have people >>>>>>>> who >>>>>>>> want >>>>>>>> to gut epas hard >>>>>>>> work , even however conservtive they have been and they happen to >>>>>>>> be >>>>>>>> George Bush and republicans appointed by our >>>>>>>> President. This gives new meaning to the phrase elected to office >>>>>>>> to >>>>>>>> protect Americans.. So I am not just >>>>>>>> this conspiracy laiden person thinking we are totally always wrong >>>>>>>> on >>>>>>>> every issue, >>>>>>>> , but on this issue somehow we have in place a system and agency >>>>>>>> that >>>>>>>> tried to do >>>>>>>> something to monitor this mess and promote protection while we have >>>>>>>> others >>>>>>>> who >>>>>>>> are trying to gut their efforts to safeguard Americans.. If thats >>>>>>>> all >>>>>>>> to >>>>>>>> the story it might not be >>>>>>>> so bad, but this effort of trying to sabotage those who are here >>>>>>>> to >>>>>>>> protect *(epa) >>>>>>>> you , by our own President ( of all people) is responsible or >>>>>>>> could >>>>>>>> be >>>>>>>> responsible for the death and illness of millions of people >>>>>>>> often based on govt own standards and >>>>>>>> nothing is done to protect the people most negatively affected / >>>>>>>> How >>>>>>>> is >>>>>>>> this good, or why isn't this at least as important as any other >>>>>>>> issue >>>>>>>> yet >>>>>>>> it gets little attention, at least the pollution part. At least >>>>>>>> detemine who would get the worse brunt of this pollution and make >>>>>>>> changes >>>>>>>> to those polluters in those areas but NOT to be . so we can't seem >>>>>>>> to >>>>>>>> make changes that would limit the most amount of these polluntants >>>>>>>> , >>>>>>>> just >>>>>>>> outright while the polluntants and its affects go on.Just because >>>>>>>> it >>>>>>>> doesn't affect you doesn't mean it doesn't affect others. Go to >>>>>>>> airnow >>>>>>>> website and look at particulate and when it gets above good, expect >>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>> stats to show worse longevity, worse conditions of health and >>>>>>>> worse >>>>>>>> conditions of productivity. oil and energy allowable pollution >>>>>>>> overpass protection of many americans for decades... Its >>>>>>>> really >>>>>>>> incredible that we have a President establishing values by default >>>>>>>> who >>>>>>>> possibly can be accepting harming the people he was elected to >>>>>>>> protect >>>>>>>> . >>>>>>>> and worse by ignoring all efforts or nullifying the rules ends up >>>>>>>> killing >>>>>>>> or making sick ( like me) lots of >>>>>>>> people. for the sake of oil. Some say the cost of lost productivity >>>>>>>> and >>>>>>>> illness is in the billions when weighed against the cost of making >>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>> changes that would side with cleaner air sooner.This from a >>>>>>>> President >>>>>>>> ... UNBELIEVABLE >>>>>>>> Unbelievable . If you ask me isn't this murder for profit? .. Just >>>>>>>> because its not affecting you don't mean its not happening. When I >>>>>>>> am >>>>>>>> stating I am being murdered and others are getting sick and no one >>>>>>>> cares to find out if what I say is true something is a conspiracy >>>>>>>> ..to >>>>>>>> keep this murder from the public, its very clear how the holocaust >>>>>>>> happened and no one cared . Truth is twisted by people who are >>>>>>>> uncaring >>>>>>>> and evil the same description our president uses to describe the >>>>>>>> terrorists. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> In a court of law when someone comes to kill you even if the >>>>>>>>> primary >>>>>>>>> intent >>>>>>>>> was not do that but ends up hurting you or killing you anyway, >>>>>>>>> they >>>>>>>>> are >>>>>>>>> held >>>>>>>>> responsible for deadly assault or murder, for polluters they get >>>>>>>>> to >>>>>>>>> keep >>>>>>>>> doing it and make a profit Now I read they are scrambling to make >>>>>>>>> changes or have lawyers describe what they have been doing in ways >>>>>>>>> they >>>>>>>>> won't be sued in the future. Why is this even needed if they >>>>>>>>> didn't >>>>>>>>> know >>>>>>>>> they were poisoning people in the first place. Its not that we >>>>>>>>> don't >>>>>>>>> want to throw out their energy or cars, we just want them to >>>>>>>>> protect >>>>>>>>> people who are being made to breathe this mess be making whatever >>>>>>>>> changes is necessary now to protect people . .Why be surprised I >>>>>>>>> fight >>>>>>>>> so >>>>>>>>> hard to protect >>>>>>>>> myself and others if I think this damage is happening? Its because >>>>>>>>> I >>>>>>>>> think it is and everyone responsible in power or in office in >>>>>>>>> some >>>>>>>>> way >>>>> should know of the importance , but not sure how to go about it >>>>> doing >>>>> more for some reason. >>>>>>>>> . Part of the reason is because many people don't suffer the >>>>>>>>> consequences directly like me or live in polluted areas, part of >>>>>>>>> it >>>>>>>>> is >>>>>>>>> because the polluters political power circumvent those who need to >>>>>>>>> be >>>>>>>>> protected and part of it is many consumers are not told of the >>>>>>>>> damage >>>>>>>>> happening. and part of it is because its affects target the poor >>>>>>>>> at >>>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>>> expense of oil and energy and pharmaceutical companies. >>>>>>>>> Has anyone cared to see if more people or some >>>>>>>>>> people are being murdered or adversely affected more often then >>>>>>>>>> others >>>>>>>>>> because of high levels of polluntants in the air? Has anyone >>>>>>>>>> cared >>>>>>>>>> to >>>>>>>>>> determine if the number of people adversely affected from air >>>>>>>>>> pollution >>>>>>>>>> is directly related to the number of days they have to breathe >>>>>>>>>> these >>>>>>>>>> toxin compared to those that don't? I think our govt that >>>>>>>>>> often >>>>>>>>>> sets >>>>>>>>>> standards should monitor the degree in which some people suffer >>>>>>>>>> more >>>>>>>>>> from >>>>>>>>>> air pollution then others and mandate policy in those areas so >>>>>>>>>> that polluters don't have a green light to profit when that >>>>>>>>>> damage >>>>>>>>>> is >>>>>>>>>> causing harm , sometimes irreversible harm. Not doing anything >>>>>>>>>> about >>>>>>>>>> this pollution or who causes it and why is or should be >>>>>>>>>> criminal. >>>>>>>>>> My >>>>>>>>>> belief is some people more then others are being poisoned, and >>>>>>>>>> are >>>>>>>>>> losing >>>>>>>>>> their health and even lives not only from asthma and lung disease >>>>>>>>>> but >>>>>>>>>> cancer and heart disesae , way earlier and even dying thru no >>>>>>>>>> fault >>>>>>>>>> of >>>>>>>>>> their own. On >>>>>>>>>> top of this they are paying more for this forced lost of health . >>>>>>>>>> If >>>>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>>>> govt provides a website that measures this mess then obvious >>>>>>>>>> there >>>>>>>>>> is >>>>>>>>>> a >>>>>>>>>> contradiction somewhere , when someone in current a political >>>>>>>>>> power >>>>>>>>>> can >>>>>>>>>> ignore the govt mandated results and play down the e consequences >>>>>>>>>> by >>>>>>>>>> appointing people who can stop the agencies recommendation like >>>>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>>>> epa >>>>>>>>>> director ties to Oil company favorite George Bush. So how does >>>>>>>>>> one >>>>>>>>>> determine what is safe amount of poisons and toxic particulates >>>>>>>>>> or >>>>>>>>>> how >>>>>>>>>> to >>>>>>>>>> control the levels if the people who monitor the poisons end up >>>>>>>>>> being >>>>>>>>>> paid supporters of the companies that are pumping the poisons >>>>>>>>>> out? >>>>>>>>>> The >>>>>>>>>> answer you can't. >>>>>> "WHO calls for improved air quality, says pollution kills 2 >>>>>>>>>> million >>>>>>>>>> each year", Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, October 5, >>>>>>>>>> 2006, >>>>>>>>>> Link: http://www.cbc.ca/cp/health/061005/x100522.html >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> The World Health Organization called on governments Thursday >>>>>>>>>> to >>>>>>>>>> improve >>>>>>>>>> air quality in their cities, saying air pollution >>>>>>>>>> prematurely >>>>>>>>>> kills >>>>>>>>>> two >>>>>>>>>> million people a year, with more than half the deaths in >>>>>>>>>> developing >>>>>>>>>> countries. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Reducing pollution from particles that are too small to be >>>>>>>>>> filtered >>>>>>>>>> in >>>>>>>>>> the nose and throat and settle in the lungs could save as >>>>>>>>>> many >>>>>>>>>> as >>>>>>>>>> 300,000 lives every year, according to a statement issued by >>>>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>>>> WHO's >>>>>>>>>> regional office in Manila. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Reducing levels of those extremely small particles - caused >>>>>>>>>> primarily >>>>>>>>>> by the burning of fossil and other types of fuel - could cut >>>>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>>>> deaths >>>>>>>>>> from air pollution by about 15 per cent, said Maria Neira, >>>>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>>>> WHO >>>>>>>>>> director for public health and the environment. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> It also could cut the global burden of disease from >>>>>>>>>> respiratory >>>>>>>>>> infections, heart disease and lung cancer, she said. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Particulate matter pollution is considered the biggest >>>>>>>>>> health >>>>>>>>>> risk. >>>>>>>>>> But >>>>>>>>>> the WHO Air Quality Guidelines also recommended lowering the >>>>>>>>>> daily >>>>>>>>>> allowed limits for ozone. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> That represents a challenge especially for developing >>>>>>>>>> countries >>>>>>>>>> with >>>>>>>>>> numerous sunny days when ozone concentrations reach the >>>>>>>>>> highest >>>>>>>>>> levels, >>>>>>>>>> causing respiratory problems and asthma attacks, WHO said. >>>>>>>>>> The >>>>>>>>>> guidelines also cut the sulfur dioxide limits. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Many countries around the world do not have regulations for >>>>>>>>>> air >>>>>>>>>> pollution, which makes control virtually impossible. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> WHO said the new guidelines, which were established after >>>>>>>>>> worldwide >>>>>>>>>> consultation with more than 80 leading scientists, provide >>>>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>>>> basis >>>>>>>>>> for all countries to build their own air quality standards >>>>>>>>>> and >>>>>>>>>> policies >>>>>>>>>> supporting health. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>> In America I am stating that people who get more of this >>>>>>>>>> is >>>>>>>>>> are at a >>>>>>>>>> distinct disadvantage and should be warned in advanced or >>>>>>>>>> companies >>>>>>>>>> be >>>>>>>>>> mandated to stop or limit their exhausts of this so the levels >>>>>>>>>> become >>>>>>>>>> better and more inline to acceptable standards most everyone else >>>>>>>>>> gets >>>>>>>>>> and where warnings to go out are no longer expected.... Its >>>>>>>>>> ironic >>>>>>>>>> on >>>>>>>>>> one >>>>>>>>>> level we have measured the standards and on another someone has >>>>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>>>> gall >>>>>>>>>> to ignore its affects. This again is criminal or should be and >>>>>>>>>> its >>>>>>>>>> murder. The links to particulates and ill health are out there. I >>>>>>>>>> personally automatically shut down and have asthma when those >>>>>>>>>> levels >>>>>>>>>> fall >>>>>>>>>> out of the good zone.And the number of days this happens keeps >>>>>>>>>> increasing. What tv weather calls great days are many times full >>>>>>>>>> of >>>>>>>>>> pollution levels because the drugs needed to treat this poison >>>>>>>>>> pay >>>>>>>>>> them millions to advertise their allergy and asthma drugs and >>>>>>>>>> inhalers >>>>>>>>>> and hospitals.. Don't take my word for it. look up the number of >>>>>>>>>> links >>>>>>>>>> of people with asthma in this region ( some say one in five >>>>>>>>>> children) >>>>>>>>>> Ask the pharmacies in this region what percent asthma meds take >>>>>>>>>> in >>>>>>>>>> number of prescriptions, take a look at my filter furnances, look >>>>>>>>>> at >>>>>>>>>> the American Lung Associations rating of F for this region,,,look >>>>>>>>>> that >>>>>>>>>> longevity study and see how our area has more cancer and heart >>>>>>>>>> disease >>>>>>>>>> and thus , someone is obviously ignoring the health of people in >>>>>>>>>> this >>>>>>>>>> region and its criminal . Someone has accurately defined the >>>>>>>>>> actual >>>>>>>>>> amounts >>>>>>>>>> that affect me and hs done a good job , warning people of the >>>>>>>>>> consequences on one particular website but without anyway to >>>>>>>>>> counter >>>>>>>>>> those warnings people are left with no way to adjust to it >>>>>>>>>> ,except >>>>>>>>>> have >>>>>>>>>> Republicans who support the polluters to try to limit the epas >>>>>>>>>> ability >>>>>>>>>> to >>>>>>>>>> help people who are affected by calling on more studies. The tv >>>>>>>>>> news >>>>>>>>>> is silent... . This is murder again. >> >>>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Finally in short, the tests to prove what I am saying about some >>>>>>>> people >>>>>>>> being poisoned more then others could easily be had by comparing >>>>>>>> peoples >>>>>>>> health and healthcare costs from those getting more pollution to >>>>>>>> those >>>>>>>> that >>>>>>>> don't. and comparing overall health in those two distinct areas >>>>>>>> taking >>>>>>>> out factors like addictions and assuming people eating near or same >>>>>>>> diets. This will show that much damage and irreversible diseases go >>>>>>>> on >>>>>>>> in >>>>>>>> places that have to absorb more of these days of bad air and total >>>>>>>> toxins >>>>>>>> then those that don't. Someone needs thusly to do something >>>>>>>> immediately >>>>>>>> to >>>>>>>> limit those toxins and at least mandate that those politicians who >>>>>>>> sabotage >>>>>>>> those efforts stop doing so immediately and listen to gov officials >>>>>>>> and >>>>>>>> pollution experts who did such a fine job in determining how much >>>>>>>> was >>>>>>>> poisoing people to begin with. Somehow the politicians who sponser >>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>> polluntants want to now change which levels of these polluntants >>>>>>>> are >>>>>>>> deemed >>>>>>>> dangerous. Murder legitimized again. Its one thing to pay allot or >>>>>>>> thru >>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>> nose for energy , its another to help make sick those same people >>>>>>>> and >>>>>>>> have >>>>>>>> politicians protect the people who sabotage any sane effort to >>>>>>>> control >>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>> damage they are responsible for. its certainly not because they are >>>>>>>> too >>>>>>>> poor >>>>>>>> to do it so it seems..... >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> NOT Do anything that would provide prudant safeguards for people >>>>>>>> who >>>>>>>> end >>>>>>>> up >>>>>>>> being unfairly victims for people who profit from this mess or who >>>>>>>> are >>>>>>>> polluting more then other places >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I think just as transcripts >>>>>>>>>> said Tobacco execs knew of the damages and was heard talking >>>>>>>>>> about >>>>>>>>>> it. >>>>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>>>> oil and >>>>>>>>>> car makers and coal polluters will one day say they knew of >>>>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>>>> pollution >>>>>>>>>> and were glad the liberals and poor from inner city were >>>>>>>>>> being >>>>>>>>>> tortured by >>>>>>>>>> their companies exhausts. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> Mass poisoning of people makes 9/11 look like a >>>>>>>>>> picnic >>>>>>>>>> and >>>>>>>>>> Bush >>>>>>>>>> is >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> one >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> link or cause >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> of >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> it. We can do more now, we don't have to pretend we >>>>>>>>>> don't >>>>>>>>>> know >>>>>>>>>> of the >>>>>>>>>> damage.Some people CARED like Christie Whitman and Al Gore >>>>>>>>>> and >>>>>>>>>> others didn't , even promoted this murder policy that is >>>>>>>>>> going >>>>>>>>>> on. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> Its >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> the point that we know all this, can do more and >>>>>>>>>> still >>>>>>>>>> don't >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> that really gets to me on top of the physical >>>>>>>>>> discomfort >>>>>>>>>> of >>>>>>>>>> being >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> choked >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> with asthma only on these days and those days are >>>>>>>>>> numerous. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> I live it every year in this helll hole. Where over >>>>>>>>>> 175 >>>>>>>>>> days >>>>>>>>>> so >>>>>>>>>> far >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> with >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> air >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> out of the good zone which keeps increasing yearly. >>>>>>>>>> Where >>>>>>>>>> my lungs constrict,. where >>>>>>>>>> peoples >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> atttiudes >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> are >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> rotten, where drinking and drugging might be >>>>>>>>>> appropriate >>>>>>>>>> response to >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> being >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> poisoned, many are jobless and mean spirited and >>>>>>>>>> violent >>>>>>>>>> crime rate that keeps rising, then they >>>>>>>>>> tell >>>>>>>>>> you >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> about >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> our >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> crime rate that keeps increasing, but no links to >>>>>>>>>> pollution! >>>>>>>>>> We >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> are being poisoned. If your not affected and many >>>>>>>>>> aren't >>>>>>>>>> , >>>>>>>>>> please >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> realize >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> many others are.. How are our kids suppose to >>>>>>>>>> exercise >>>>>>>>>> if >>>>>>>>>> we poison them and warn them to not go out ? So many things are >>>>>>>>>> affected negatively >>>>>>>>>> and >>>>>>>>>> the best >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> and >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> brightest in news and politicians ignore it. They >>>>>>>>>> rather >>>>>>>>>> talk >>>>>>>>>> about >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> Iraq.and live in clean air like our President at the >>>>>>>>>> ranch >>>>>>>>>> or his family in Main near the coast. The rich and athletes know >>>>>>>>>> where >>>>>>>>>> to live everyone else pay for your life so these companies can >>>>>>>>>> make >>>>>>>>>> a >>>>>>>>>> profit . >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> Let me tell you something this poisoning makes Iraq >>>>>>>>>> and >>>>>>>>>> 9/11 >>>>>>>>>> look >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> like >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> a >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> picnic and its because of the oil, and energy lobby >>>>>>>>>> and >>>>>>>>>> car >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> companies. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> They >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> all are going about telling you of changes but >>>>>>>>>> chances >>>>>>>>>> are >>>>>>>>>> for >>>>>>>>>> too >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> many >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> people it will be too late.... >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>Of course they are. Pollution is by definition >>>>>>>>>> poison. >>>>>>>>>> That's the >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>problem >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> with pollution, it poisons people. DUH! >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> Yes but how many people think pollution might have >>>>>>>>>> caused >>>>>>>>>> their >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> relatives >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> death? Affected their life span ? Chances are not >>>>>>>>>> many >>>>>>>>>> and >>>>>>>>>> chances >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> are >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> , >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> at least in my town, they should assume that. So >>>>>>>>>> many >>>>>>>>>> days >>>>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>>>> air >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> is >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> horrific here and not a thing said or done. I have >>>>>>>>>> been >>>>>>>>>> in >>>>>>>>>> other >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> places >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> with clean air and its like living in two different >>>>>>>>>> centuries >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> almost. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> Attitudes, crime, health and total costs for health >>>>>>>>>> are >>>>>>>>>> or >>>>>>>>>> might be >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> different.But most important the actual lives of >>>>>>>>>> peoples >>>>>>>>>> health are >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> different and many ways to prove it. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> > > beg someone to help us > >
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